United States v. Singleterry’s Empirical Analysis
29 F.3d 733 · 1994
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably United States v. Abu Ali (2008), United States v. Lewis (1994)
50 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 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 18 U.S.C. § 841 (Amendments of 1973 to Federal Law) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 853 (§ 413 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · Washington v. Davis · Yick Wo v. Hopkins · Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“establish the trustworthiness of the confession with other evidence typically used to bolster the credibility and reliability of an out-of-court statement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“); D'Aquino v. United States , 192 F.2d 338 , 357 (9th Cir. 1951) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For example, Congress could rationally seek to strengthen the deterrent effect of the narcotics laws by increasing the “cost” to a criminal of using or selling a cocaine substance that, like cocaine base, is sold at a cheaper unit price than other cocaine substances. Indeed, of the four citations to the Congressional Record that Singleterry offers in his opening brief as probative of congressional intent, each suggests that Congress has been concerned that the low price of cocaine base (in the absolute sense as well as relative to cocaine) would lead to an explosion in drug use.”
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.