United States v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
340 F.3d 169 · 2003
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1791 · 18 U.S.C. § 844 · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Kotteakos v. United States · Huddleston v. United States · Government of the Virgin Islands v. Toto · United States v. Givan
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.
“Evidence of other crimes, ... or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, ... intent, ... plan, [or] knowledge....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Lin“upholding the admission of evidence of prior drug involvement for the purpose of rebutting defense claims of innocent association”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Tse
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.