United States v. Dumas’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.2d 84 · 1982
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Dickey (1984), United States v. Kendall (1985)
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 18 U.S.C. § 152 · 21 U.S.C. § 353 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Pinkerton v. United States · Iannelli v. United States · Direct Sales Co. v. United States · Ingram 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To be guilty of conspiracy, a defendant must possess 'at least the degree of criminal intent necessary for the substantive offense itself.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The essence of the crime of conspiracy is an agreement to commit an unlawful act.”
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.