United States v. Mora’s Empirical Analysis
598 F.2d 682 · 1979
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently August 1990 · most notably United States v. Ciampaglia (1980), United States v. Soto (1983)
34 federal appellate · 2 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. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on United States v. Mehtala · Cangiano v. United States · United States v. Francomano · United States v. Gabriner · United States v. Cangiano
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(T)he gist of conspiracy is an 'agreement to disobey or to disregard the law.' Moreover, 'a conviction cannot be sustained unless the Government establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had the specific intent to violate the substantive statute.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]here [was] no evidence of any relationship between appellant and Munoz other than that they briefly travelled together in Colombia. There [was] no evidence that he helped her get to Colombia, that he helped her get the cocaine or knew she had it, that he helped her get false-bottomed shoes or knew she had them, or that he was in any way linked to her criminal venture.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.