United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
608 F.2d 1261 · 1979
Citation profile
80 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 115 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably United States v. McCaskill (1982), United States v. Garrett (1990)
80 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Glasser v. United States · United States v. Agurs · Giglio v. United States · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois
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 115 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the instant case, there is direct evidence that appellant engaged in the 'distribution' of cocaine; although apparently no commercial scheme is involved, his sharing the cocaine ... constitutes 'distribution' for purposes of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(a)(1).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o warrant a new trial, the agreement of leniency [or any 'deal' made between the witness and the government] must have been reached prior to the witness's testimony,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Generally, the reopening of a criminal case after the close of evidence lies within the sound discretion of the [district] court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.