United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
697 F.3d 625 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Pinkerton v. United States · Arizona v. Gant · United States v. Tilmon
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“evidence overwhelmingly supported the jury's guilty verdict based on [the defendant] acting as the principal”
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.