United States v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
696 F.2d 1277 · 1983
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably United States v. Calderon (1997), United States v. Thai (1994)
65 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Santoni v. United States · Mansion House Center South Redevelopment Co. v. United States · United States v. Beechum
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Specific Instances of Conduct. — Specific instances of the conduct of a witness, for the purpose of attacking or supporting the witness’ credibility ... may, however, in the discretion of the court, if probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness, be inquired into on cross-examination of the witness (1) concerning the witness’ character for truthfulness or untruthfulness....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“wait to hear the verdict before contesting the impartiality of the jury and then attack the court's refusal to investigate his allegation.”
2 later decisions 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.