Thomas v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
314 F.2d 936 · 1963
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently July 2011 · most notably United States v. Lichenstein (1980), State v. King (1990)
36 federal appellate · 6 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. § 545
Relies on Russell v. United States · Hartman v. United States · Keck v. United States · Capital National Bank v. Coldwater National Bank · Babb 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““the smuggling of marihuana is unlawful per se. No additional element of the offense of smuggling marihuana exists by virtue of the phrase 'which should have been invoiced’. In our opinion, the word ‘invoiced’, as used therein, carries the meaning attached to it in the customs law, viz., lawfully entered or declared.” Thomas, supra at 938 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““whoever, knowingly, with intent to defraud the United States, imports or brings into the United States marihuana contrary to law, or smuggles or clandestinely introduces into the United States marihuana which should have been invoiced * * * shall be imprisoned not less than five * * * years * * (emphasis added)”
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.