United States v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 1182 · 1985
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably State v. Bays (1999), United States v. Spires (1993)
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 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. § 3731 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · B.D. International Discount Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. · Delli Paoli v. United States · Porter v. States · National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the informer was an active participant in the events underlying the defendant's potential criminal liability,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“balancing the public interest in protecting the flow of information against the individual's right to prepare his defense.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the informer was not a participant, but was a mere tipster or introducer.”
5 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.