United States v. Arnott’s Empirical Analysis
704 F.2d 322 · 1983
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably United States v. Blakeney (1991), United States v. Hatfield (1987)
39 federal appellate · 2 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Patterson v. United States · Harris v. McRae · Rosenblatt v. Baer · Lego v. Twomey · United States v. Vinson
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“subject matter of the direct examination,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the exercise of discretion, [to] permit inquiry into additional matters as if on direct examination.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“liberally construed to include all inferences and implications arising from such testimony.”
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.