United States v. Brandon’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.3d 1019 · 2008
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Miller (2009), United States v. Battle (2014)
16 federal appellate · 1 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 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gall v. United States · United States v. Powell · United States v. Pirani · United States v. Crenshaw · United States v. Collins
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.
“It is generally within the discretion of the district court to decide whether the fairness of a trial has been compromised by prejudicial testimony....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Admission of a prejudicial statement is normally cured by striking the testimony and instructing the jury to disregard the remark.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The verdict will be upheld if there is any interpretation of the evidence that could lead a reasonable jury to convict.”
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.