United States v. Noibi’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.2d 1419 · 1986
Citation profile
67 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably United States v. O'Connell (1988), United States v. Ojeda (1994)
67 federal appellate · 1 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Bradley v. J. F. Batte & Sons of Richmond, Inc. · California v. Southland Royalty Co. · California ex rel. State Lands Commission v. United States · United States v. Pope · United States v. Richards
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reasonable-minded jury must have entertained a reasonable doubt as to the government's proof of one of the essential elements of the offense.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any person who * * * conspires to commit any offense defined in this subchapter is punishable by imprisonment or fine or both which may not exceed the maximum punishment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the * * * conspiracy.” 3 . 21 U.S.C. § 952 (a) provides, in pertinent part: “It shall be unlawful * * * to import into the United States from any place outside thereof, any controlled substance in Schedule I or II ****>> 4 . 21 U.S.C. § 843 (b) provides, in relevant part: “It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to use any communication facility in committing or in causing or facilitating the commission of any act or acts constituting a felony under any provision of this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter * * * * For purposes of this subsection, the term “communication facility”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The heroin was found in its original package with Mr. Noibi’s fingerprints on the inner wrapper moments after it was picked up at the Post Office. This package had been placed in a dresser-drawer in the bedroom used by the Noibi adults. These facts are sufficient to show that the drugs were within the control of the defendant when they were found.”
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.