Smith v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
304 F.2d 403 · 1962
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
October 1963
most recently cited
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Gray 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The facts of the case indicated that defendant was not the prime mover in subject action but was employed by another and then prevailed upon to dispense the narcotics for which he stands convicted.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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