United States v. Puma’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 508 · 1977
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Hampton v. United States · New York v. Penn Central Transportation Co. · Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · Del Toro 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“through the creative activity of the government. The Defendant would not have had the heroin to sell if it had not been purchased by the Informer.”
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.