United States v. McLean’s Empirical Analysis
409 F.3d 492 · 2005
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States v. DeCologero (2008), United States v. Hicks (2009)
45 federal appellate · 7 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 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 842 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 960
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · United States v. Antonakopoulos · United States v. Garcia
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“some action, some word, or some conduct that links the individual to the contraband and indicates that he had some stake in it, some power over it.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Constructive possession exists when a person knowingly has the power and intention at a given time to exercise dominion and control over an object either directly or through others.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he requisite knowledge and intention can be inferred from circumstances ....”
5 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.