United States v. Picklesimer’s Empirical Analysis
585 F.2d 1199 · 1978
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently November 2012 · most notably United States v. Adams (1985), United States v. Collazo (1984)
26 federal appellate · 7 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. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 811 (§ 201 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Rinaldi v. United States · Petite v. United States · Hall v. Cole · United States v. Wiener · United States v. Bethea
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a weapon may be as much a tool of the crime as the van used to transport the narcotics.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system: (a) amphetamine * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Hernandez““.. . ranging from Schedule I substances, which have no medical use and are subject to serious abuse, to Schedule Y substances, which do have a medical use and are less susceptible to use.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sheffield 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.