United States v. Joyce’s Empirical Analysis
693 F.2d 838 · 1982
Citation profile
79 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Dworken (1988), United States v. Wagner (1989)
79 federal appellate · 5 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. § 1952 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · McGautha v. California · United Mine Workers, Local No. 1854 v. National Labor Relations Board · Infelice v. United States · Libby, McNeill & Libby v. Alaska Industrial Board
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) an intent to engage in criminal conduct, and (2) conduct constituting a 'substantial step' towards the commission of the substantive offense which strongly corroborates the actor's criminal intent.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]his effectively negated the government's effort to consummate the sale.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“whether conduct represents a 'substantial step' toward commission of the criminal design is, in Justice Holmes' words, 'a question of degree,' depending on the factual circumstances peculiar to each case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.