United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
318 F.3d 821 · 2003
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Koon v. United States · United States v. LeBlanc · United States v. Logan · United States v. Rabins · United States of America v. Juan Orozco-Rodriguez
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An ailment ... might usefully be called `extraordinary' if it is substantially more dangerous for prisoners than for non-prisoners.”
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.