United States v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.2d 29 · 1980
Citation profile
35 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably United States v. Alvarez (1985), United States v. Zielie (1984)
35 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. § 3731 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Di Re · Lombard v. Marcera · United States v. James · United States v. Grassi · United States v. Soto
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a factual determination, which includes both a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[a]n appeal by the United States shall lie to a court of appeals from a decision or order of a district courts (sic) suppressing or excluding evidence ... in a criminal proceeding, not made after the defendant has been put in jeopardy and before the verdict or finding on an indictment or information, if the United States attorney certifies to the district court that the appeal is not taken for purpose of delay and that the evidence is a substantial proof of a fact material in the proceeding.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The essence of a conspiracy is the agreement to engage in concerted unlawful activity. To connect the defendant to a conspiracy, the prosecution must demonstrate that the defendant agreed with others to join the conspiracy and participate in the achievement of the illegal objective.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Roe
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.