CASTRO RODRIGUEZ’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 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) · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Lopez v. Gonzales · Nijhawan v. Holder · Johnathan Cole v. James Purkett, Superintendent at Farmington Correctional Center · United States v. Damerville
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“30 grams or less may, in general, serve as a useful guidepost in determining whether an amount is 'small'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dor v. Garland“the more inchoate offense of possession with intent to distribute that drug.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Moncrieffe v. Holder
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.