United States v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
365 F.3d 967 · 2004
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Ellisor (2008), Proctor v. Fluor Enterprises, Inc. (2007)
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2111
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Kotteakos v. United States · Hamling v. United States · United States v. Sellers · United States v. Cohen
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, 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, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To successfully challenge a verdict on the basis of a district court’s incorrect evidentiary ruling, a party must follow a three-step process. First, he must demonstrate either that his claim was adequately preserved or that the ruling constituted plain error. Second, he must establish that the district court abused its discretion in interpreting or applying an evidentiary rule. Finally, he must establish that this error affected a substantial right.”
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.