United States v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently February 1996
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
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) · 21 U.S.C. § 849 (§ 409 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. · Barrett v. United States · Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission · Llerena v. United States · United States v. Kelly
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Moreover, even if this Court were to allow such an amendment [after trial], it seems clear that the memorandum is just as insufficient on the question of `dangerousness' as the original notice; no reasons are given as to why the government believed a longer-than-usual sentence necessary `for the protection of the public from further criminal conduct by the defendant.' 21 U.S.C. § 849 (f)." United States v. Sutton, 415 F.Supp. 1323, 1327 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Wells“as a part of a pattern of dealing in controlled substances which was criminal under applicable laws of any jurisdiction, which constituted a substantial source of his income, and in which he manifested special skill or expertise; .. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a period of confinement longer than that provided for [the] felonious violation [in question] is required for the protection of the public from further criminal conduct by the defendant.”
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.