United States v. Chagra’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.2d 26 · 1981
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2015 · most notably Garrett v. United States (1985), United States v. Phillips (1981)
27 federal appellate · 3 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. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · North Carolina v. Pearce · Brown v. Ohio · Green v. United States · Iannelli 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he violates any provision of this sub-chapter [ 21 U.S.C. §§ 801-904 ] or sub-chapter II of this chapter [ 21 U.S.C. §§ 951-66 ] the punishment for which is a felony, and (2) such violation is a part of a continuing series of violations of this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter— (A) which are undertaken by such person in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom such person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management, and (B) from which such person obtains substantial income or resources.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“unlawfully, willfully, knowingly and intentionally did engage in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise in that he did knowingly and intentionally violate Title 18, United States Code, Section 1952, and Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 846, 952 and 963, which violations, including but not limited to those violations alleged in Counts Three through Thirty-One of this Indictment, incorporated herein by reference, were part of a continuing series of violations of said statutes undertaken by said defendant in concert with at least five other persons, with respect to whom the defendant occupied a position of organizer, supervisor, or manager, and from which continuing series of violations the defendant obtained substantial income and resources to which the United States is entitled for forfeiture ... [i]n violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 848.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a claim of double jeopardy ordinarily could not be sustained even if the offenses charged in the two indictments had been the same”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.