Lelles v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
241 F.2d 21 · 1957
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2007 · most notably United States v. Park (1975), Rodella v. United States (1960)
24 federal appellate · 1 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 21 U.S.C. § 321 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 333 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 342 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Relies on United States v. Dotterweich · Ledbetter v. United States · Goldsby v. United States · J. J. Dix, Inc. v. Commissioner · Costello v. United States
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited: “(k) The * * * doing of any * * * act with respect to, a food, drug, device, or cosmetic, if such act is done while such article is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in interstate commerce and results in such article being adulterated or misbranded.” Section 333(a) makes it a misdemeanor to violate any of the provisions of § 331. The maximum penalty for a first offense is imprisonment for one year or a $1,000 fine, or both; for subsequent offenses, three years or $10,000, or both. Since this was not the first offense, Cassaro, Inc., and Salvatore Cassaro were fined $2,000 and $500 respectively, and Salvatore was placed on probation for two years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“are generally subject to the sound discretion of the trial court”
1 later decision 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.