United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
742 F.2d 1215 · 1984
Citation profile
62 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably United States v. Yarbrough (1988), United States v. Webster (1984)
62 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Bruton v. United States · Stirone v. United States · Santoni v. United States · United States v. Wilson
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in cases in which the indictment refers to unindicted or unknown persons as conspirators, acquittal is not required if the government shows by substantial evidence that the defendant conspired with those persons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The double jeopardy clause does not bar review because reversal of the district court's order would not subject [the defendant] to a second trial, but would merely require reinstatement of the jury's verdict.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Section 841(b)(6), which provides for increased punishment for quantities of marijuana exceeding 1,000 pounds] is clearly labeled a`penalty' provision, as distinguished from the `unlawful acts' prohibited by Section 841(a) [making unlawful possession with the intent to distribute].”
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.