United States v. Cassidy’s Empirical Analysis
6 F.3d 554 · 1993
Citation profile
42 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably United States v. Bloomfield (1994), United States v. Cabbell (1994)
42 federal appellate ·
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. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Luster v. Cushman · United States v. Wise · United States v. Wiley · United States v. Funk
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]redibility determinations are not an all-or-nothing proposition.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) If the defendant qualifies for a decrease under subsection (a), the offense level determined prior to the operation of subsection (a) is level 16 or greater, and the defendant has assisted authorities in the investigation or prosecution of his own misconduct by taking one or more of the following steps: (1) timely providing complete information to the government concerning his own involvement in the offense; or (2) timely notifying authorities of his intention to enter a plea of guilty, thereby permitting the government to avoid preparing for trial and permitting the court to allocate its resources efficiently, decrease the offense level by 1 additional level.”
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.