United States v. Needham’s Empirical Analysis
604 F.3d 673 · 2010
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Johnson v. United States · Neder v. United States · United States v. Gaudin · Wickard v. Filburn
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“applied a 'modified' plain error analysis in cases 'where, as here, the source of plain error is a supervening decision,’ ” under which”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Apart from the simple amount of money obtained [i.e. approximately $600,-000], the government offered no evidence to support an interstate nexus for the completed robberies. It presented no proof that the marijuana sold by the victims had originated out of state, that it was sold to out-of-state customers, that the victims themselves crossed state lines in conducting their business, or that the robbery depleted assets that would have purchased goods in interstate commerce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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