246 F. Supp. 2d 183 - Copeland v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3559 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Alawi Kuhali v. Janet Reno Attorney General of the United States · Steele v. Blackman · Juan Ramon Sol v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · United States v. Pacheco · Aguirre v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We understand the Second Circuit to look to the law of the convicting jurisdiction as the `applicable' law [under the Controlled Substances Act]. Because the respondent's offenses were prosecuted as misdemeanors in the convicting jurisdiction and were punishable under applicable state law by a term of imprisonment of no more than 3 months, neither of those offenses is a `felony' under the `applicable' law....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vacchio v. Ashcroft“a drug trafficking offense is an `aggravated felony' when it is: (1) an offense punishable under the [Controlled Substances Act], and (2) can be classified as a felony under either state or federal law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vacchio v. Ashcroft
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.