United States v. Renfro’s Empirical Analysis
620 F.2d 569 · 1980
Citation profile
36 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably United States v. Morgan (1984), United States v. Henry (1989)
36 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Elkins v. United States · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · United States v. Wheeler · Abbate v. United States
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“about Goshen's participation and, as neither of the Renfro situations are presented here, the district court's failure to give such an instruction was not error, plain or otherwise. 35 Goshen also contends that the district court erred in refusing to give an”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n agreement by two persons to commit a particular crime cannot be prosecuted as a conspiracy when the crime is of such a nature as to necessarily require the participation of two persons for its commission.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Petite policy derives its name from Petite v. United States, 361 U.S. 529 , 80 S.Ct. 450 , 4 L.Ed.2d 490 (1960) in which the Supreme Court reversed a District Court order denying the government’s motion to dismiss an indictment where the defendant had been convicted for the same offense in a state court. The Petite policy was established by Attorney General William Rogers in 1959 and has been followed with some minor changes ever since. Briefly stated the policy provides: No Federal case should be tried when there has been a State prosecution for substantially the same act or acts without a recommendation having been made [to and approved by] the Assistant Attorney General demonstrating compelling Federal interests for such prosecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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