United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 1226 · 1973
Citation profile
106 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably United States v. Murray (1980), United States v. Starks (1975)
106 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions — followed in 10 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.
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 885 (§ 515 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Trudo v. United States · McKelvey v. United States · Gallego v. United States · Olinde 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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The criteria governing admission of exhibits into evidence is that there must be a showing that the physical exhibit being offered is in substantially the same condition as when the crime was committed. That determination is to be made by the trial judge, not the jury, and may not be overturned except for a clear abuse of discretion. Factors to be considered in making the determination of admissibility include the nature of the article, the circumstances surrounding its preservation and custody, and the likelihood of others tampering with it. If upon the consideration of such factors, the trial judge is satisfied that in reasonable probability the article has not been changed in any important respect, he may permit its introduction in evidence.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(w)here no evidence indicating otherwise is produced, the presumption of regularity supports the official acts of public officers and courts presume that they have properly discharged their official duties”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]nly when there is a clear abuse of that discretion and an adequate showing of prejudice.”
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.