United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
503 F.2d 50 · 1974
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently July 2014 · most notably United States v. Brantley (1984), United States v. Martin (1990)
61 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Harris v. New York · United States v. Falcone · Earley v. DiCenso · United States v. Craven
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all other alleged co-conspirators are acquitted, the conviction of one person for conspiracy will not be upheld.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In passing upon a conspiracy case, the jury must find (1) an agreement, (2) a combination of two or more persons, (3) an unlawful purpose, and (4) that at least one of the conspirators committed an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy . Failure of proof of any essential element will result in acquittal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The fact that the luggage is lost in transit does not alter the passenger’s intention to reclaim the luggage when it arrives at the intended destination. Nor does the loss affect his power to exercise control over the luggage through the airline’s personnel.”
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.