United States v. Alvarez-Mena’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.2d 1259 · 1985
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably United States v. Wright-Barker (1986), United States v. Mena (1989)
26 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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 14 U.S.C. § 89 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 4 · 21 U.S.C. § 955A
Relies on California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp. · Commissioner v. Engle · Blanton v. General Electric Credit Corp. · Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc. v. Blankenship · Lehman Bros. v. Lilly
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Gjiven the clear authority of Congress in the premises, [citing the Piracies and Felonies Clause], the relevance of international law to the problem at hand is as a reflection of Congressional intent rather than as a limitation on the power of Congress, at least where, as here, there is no basis for any claim of due process violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]nternational law does not preclude any nation from exercising jurisdiction over stateless vessels on the high seas.”
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.