United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.3d 18 · 2010
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Maine District Court)
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Sepulveda · United States v. Duarte · United States v. Petrozziello · United States v. Innamorati · United States v. Ciampaglia
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ourts that have approved the 'buyer-seller' instruction have restricted its use to cases in which the evidence showed only a single or a very limited number of sales for personal use.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review the facts of a criminal case on appeal from a conviction in the light most favorable to the verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(citing Moran, 984 F.2d at 1304 )); United States v. Innamorati, 996 F.2d 456, 484 (1st Cir. 1993) (”
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.