United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
618 F.2d 60 · 1980
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably Norris v. Risley (1989), United States v. Aichele (1991)
40 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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)
Relies on Fiswick v. United States · United States v. Basurto · United States v. Brady · United States v. McDonald · United States v. Harris
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In fixing the degree of prejudice, the probative force of the inadmissible evidence must be compared with that of the admissible evidence which supports the verdict.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Trial judges should be sensitive to the influence their comments and actions have on the jury and always should avoid the appearance of partiality.”
2 later decisions 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.