United States v. Daniel’s Empirical Analysis
3 F.3d 775 · 1993
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2021 · most notably United States v. Jones (1994), United States of America v. Theresa Marie Squillacote (2000)
27 federal appellate · 2 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Russell · Mathews v. United States · Jacobson v. United States · Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“involves elements of governmental overreaching and conduct sufficiently excessive to implant a criminal design in the mind of an otherwise innocent party.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]xcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally . . . to . . . distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to . . . distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“possess, manufacture, distribute, or dispense [controlled substances] to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this subchapter.”
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.