United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
557 F.2d 1206 · 1977
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently July 2001 · most notably United States v. Afanador (1978), United States v. Asbury (1978)
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 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 21 U.S.C. § 952
Relies on Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · Haywood v. United States · Henderson v. United States · United States v. Himmelwright · United States v. Guadalupe-Garza
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“itself which is crucial. Rather, customs agents and courts must look at the facts in a given situation ... and determine whether they are truly an indication of possible smuggling.”
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.