United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
592 F.3d 749 · 2010
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Shabani · United States v. Townsend · United States v. Lechuga · United States v. Redwine · United States v. Lamon
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“sales on credit or consignment, an agreement to look for other customers, a payment of commission on sales, an indication that one party advised the other on the conduct of the other’s business, or an agreement to warn of future threats to each other’s business stemming from competitors or law-enforcement authorities.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[W]hen a credit sale is coupled with certain characteristics inherent in an ongoing wholesale buyer-seller relationship,' the jury can infer that the seller only extended credit because the buyer agreed to pay the debt by reselling the drugs.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(1) two or more people agreed to commit an unlawful act, and (2) the defendant knowingly and intentionally joined in the agreement.”
4 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.