United States v. Delval’s Empirical Analysis
600 F.2d 1098 · 1979
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably United States v. Vera (1983), United States v. Schlei (1997)
50 federal appellate · 6 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. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Irvin v. Dowd · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Murphy v. Florida · County of Los Angeles v. Chavez-Salido
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“overall examination, coupled with his charge to the jury, affords a party the protection sought.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonable assurance that prejudice would (have been) discovered if present.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given the highly attentuated risk of prejudice in this case and absent any specific allegations of improper communication between Markland [the DEA agent] and the other veniremen, the adoption of a rule requiring the quashing of the venire would represent a result wholly incommensurate with the danger to be avoided. The spectre of bias or prejudice must become considerably more tangible before it can overcome the general presumption in favor of jury impartiality. See, e.g., Murphy v. Florida, 421 U.S. 794 , 799-800, 95 S.Ct. 2031 , 2036, 44 L.Ed.2d 589 (1975); Irvin v. Dowd, 366 U.S. 717 , 723, 81 S.Ct. 1639 , 1642-43, 6 L.Ed.2d 751 (1961); United States v. White, 5 Cir., 1975, 524 F.2d 1249 cert. denied, 426 U.S. 922 , 96 S.Ct. 2629 , 49 L.Ed.2d 375 (1976); United States v. Wayman, 5 Cir., 510 F.2d 1020 cert. denied, 423 U.S. 846 , 96 S.Ct. 84 , 46 L.Ed.2d 67 (1975).”
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.