In re Sealed Case’s Empirical Analysis
283 F.3d 349 · 2002
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on United States v. Olano · McCarthy v. United States · United States v. Vonn · Henderson v. Morgan · United States v. Kissel
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the defendant allows an alleged error to pass without objection . . . he then assumes the burden of meeting the more exacting plain error requirement of Rule 52(b).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“seriously affected the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”
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.