United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
591 F.2d 1105 · 1979
Citation profile
81 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably United States v. Gallo (1985), United States v. Munoz (1998)
81 federal appellate · 8 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. § 1953 · 18 U.S.C. § 1955 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 753
Relies on United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. · Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · Scarborough v. United States · Tocco v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'In order to establish constructive possession, the government must produce evidence showing ownership, dominion, or control over the contraband itself or the premises ... in which contraband is concealed.' ... (D)ominion and control over (defendant's) own residence, in which the guns were found, is a sufficient basis for the jury's inference of constructive possession.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Defendant's motion for continuance was addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. The denial of that motion by the trial judge is not due to be disturbed by us unless defendant can show that there was an abuse of that discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“simultaneous possession of several weapons constitutes only one offense under Section 922(g).”
2 later decisions 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.