Walker v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
285 F.2d 52 · 1960
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 7 · 26 U.S.C. § 7237
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Holland v. United States · Sorrells v. United States · Sherman v. United States · Quercia 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whenever on trial for a violation of this section the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of the narcotic drug, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant explains the possession to the satisfaction of the jury.””
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.