United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
24 F.3d 732 · 1994
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably United States v. Gonzalez (1996), United States v. Crain (1994)
12 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · United States v. Garrett · United States v. Mergerson · United States v. Blue · United States v. Ferg
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We recognize that in other cases we have indicated that mere dominion over a vehicle in which [contraband] is found can lead to an inference of constructive possession. But ... while dominion over the vehicle will certainly help the government’s case, it alone cannot establish constructive possession of [contraband] found in the vehicle, particularly in the face of evidence that strongly suggests that someone else exercised dominion and control over the [contraband].””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.