United States v. Green’s Empirical Analysis
293 F.3d 855 · 2002
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Olano · Delaware v. Prouse · Brown v. Texas · United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“from politically accountable officials ... the decision as to which among reasonable alternative law enforcement techniques should be employed to deal with a serious public danger.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. MacWade v. Kelly“[i]t provides a gauntlet, random as it is, that persons bent on mischief must traverse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cassidy v. Chertoff
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.