United States v. Gibbs’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.2d 838 · 1984
Citation profile
78 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably United States v. McGlory (1992), United States v. De Peri (1985)
78 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 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. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 963 · 28 U.S.C. § 2106
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Jackson v. Denno · Ohio v. Roberts · Pointer v. Texas
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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“coconspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“plain errors or defects affecting substantial rights ... although they were not brought to the attention of the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not when the evidence was offered, but during a motion to strike made after the Government rested”
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.