United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.2d 693 · 1982
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably United States v. Record (1989), United States v. Green (1999)
32 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Russell v. United States · Lombard v. Marcera · Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman · Joseph Skilken & Co. v. City of Toledo
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“specifically rejected the adoption of 'inflexible criteria applicable to all cases.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) It must be shown that the mechanical transcription device was capable of taking testimony. (2) It must be shown that the operator of the device was competent to operate it. (3) The authenticity and correctness of the recording must be established. (4) It must be shown that changes, additions, or deletions have not been made. (5) The manner of preservation of the record must be shown. (6) Speakers must be identified. (7) It must be shown that the testimony elicited was freely and voluntarily made, without any kind of duress.”
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.