United States v. Morando-Alvarez’s Empirical Analysis
520 F.2d 882 · 1975
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably United States v. Disla (1986), United States v. Hernandez (1989)
20 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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 Arellanes v. United States · Evans v. United States · Delgado v. United States · United States v. Martinez · United States v. Anderson
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“supported findings that they knew contraband was in the car, that they were engaged in a joint venture involving possession of the contraband, and that they jointly possessed it. Id. at 884. 13 Here, Chambers' flight was unequivocal and dramatic. The evidence showed that he engaged in a lengthy, high-speed car chase. In the process, he ignored traffic regulations, fled from officers three separate times, and almost ran over an officer. During the first time the van was stopped, Officer Busalacchi observed the passenger in the van”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Circumstantial evidence sufficient to support a jury's finding of guilt may be found in the accumulation of several relatively insignificant pieces of evidence, or it may be presented in the form of a single highly significant or incriminating event.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. German v. State
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.