United States v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis
760 F.2d 852 · 1985
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. O'Connell (1988), United States v. Allen (1997)
51 federal appellate · 10 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) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Illinois v. Gates · Rakas v. Illinois · Rawlings v. Kentucky · United States v. Raddatz
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the nature of the case and whether the parties have been allowed adequate timing for trial preparation; (2) the diligence of the party requesting the continuance; (3) the conduct of the opposing party and whether a lack of cooperation has contributed to the need for a continuance; (4) the effect of the continuance and whether a delay will seriously disadvantage either party; and (5) the asserted need for the continuance, with weight to be given to sudden exigencies and unforeseen circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict rendered. Second, the court must accept all reasonable inferences from the evidence which tend to support the jury verdict. Third, the evidence need not “exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt but simply that it be sufficient to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Government’s evidence is so scant that the jury could only speculate as to ... Lthe other defendant’s] guilt. The evidence is such that a reasonably minded jury must have a reasonable doubt as to [the other defendant’s] knowledge of the existence of the cocaine or of her intent to aid and abet [the principal defendant’s] drug scheme.”
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.