United States v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
712 F.2d 110 · 1983
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably United States v. Basey (1987), United States v. Espinoza-Seanez (1988)
20 federal appellate ·
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 United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · Singer v. United States · Bradley v. J. F. Batte & Sons of Richmond, Inc. · Kolender v. Lawson · California ex rel. State Lands Commission v. United States
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t [is not] enough that the evidence places the defendant in a 'climate of activity that reeks of something foul.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“had the deliberate, knowing, and specific intent to join the conspiracy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is not enough that the defendant merely associated with those participating in a conspiracy....”
1 later decision 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.