United States v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
80 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably United States v. Manbeck (1984), United States v. Soto (1983)
80 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 14 U.S.C. § 89 · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Finch v. Connor · United States v. Bailey · Cleveland v. United States · United States v. Malatesta
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the probable length of the voyage, the large quantity of marijuana on board, and the necessarily close relationship between the captain and crew were factors from which the jury could reasonably find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In this case the probable length of the voyage, inferable from the proximity of the border and the documentary evidence, the large quantity of marijuana on board, which made it indisputable that Alfrey and Haight had knowledge of the marijuana, and the necessarily close relationship between the captain of the trawler and his two man crew were factors from which the jury could reasonably find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he prosecutor's comments are a comment on the failure to establish a coercion theory. As such, it is proper rebuttal.”
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.