United States v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
386 federal appellate · 45 district · 106 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 687 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably United States v. Turkette (1981), Gonzalez v Raich (2005)
386 federal appellate · 45 district · 106 state decisions — followed in 24 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedUnited States v. Moore (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1 · 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 829 (§ 309 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 845 · 42 U.S.C. § 257A
Relies on United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. · United States v. Brown · United States v. Behrman · Jin Fuey Moy v. United States
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 687 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prescription for a controlled substance to be effective must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose....”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“; it is satisfied if the words are given their fair meaning in accord with the manifest intent of the lawmakers.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when their activities fall outside the usual course of professional practice.”
9 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.