United States v. Kessler’s Empirical Analysis
321 F.3d 699 · 2003
Citation profile
27 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably United States v. Flores (2004), United States v. Garcia-Gonon (2006)
27 federal appellate ·
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · United States v. Thomas · United States v. Pintar · United States of America v. Susan Davidson · United States v. Diaz
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“I heard the trial testimony, and I think [it constitutes] obstruction of justice”
3 later decisions 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.