United States v. Barela’s Empirical Analysis
571 F.2d 1108 · 1978
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently August 2005
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 United States v. Marion · Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · United States v. Ortiz · Bowen v. United States · Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Television Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he unequivocal, mandatory language of Rule 41(a) [now Rule 41(b) ] of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure made issuance of the mandate a mere ministerial act.”) (Ferguson, J., dissenting), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 963 , 98 S.Ct. 3083 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1130 (1978); Finverg v. Sullivan, 658 F.2d 93 , 97 n. 5 (3d Cir.1980) (the issuance of the mandate”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“extraordinary remedy ... only granted in cases where it is necessary to serve the interests of justice”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.