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627 F.3d 1235 · 2010

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2022
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 401 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)

Relies on Codispoti v. Pennsylvania · In the Matter of Criminal Contempt of Thomas C McConnell · Delaware v. New York · United States v. Seale · Vierrether 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “a fair-minded and reasonable trier of fact [could] accept the evidence as probative of a defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “misbehavior of a person, in or near to the presence of the court, which obstructs the administration of justice, and which is committed with the required degree of criminal intent.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “the evidence is sufficient to support a contempt conviction”
    1 later decision 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.