United States v. Bourjaily’s Empirical Analysis
781 F.2d 539 · 1986
Citation profile
70 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 124 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2021 · most notably Bourjaily v. United States (1987), United States v. Layne (1999)
70 federal appellate · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Glasser v. United States · Bruton v. United States · Ohio v. Roberts · Douglas v. Alabama
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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“agreed to participate in what he knew to be a joint venture to achieve a common goal.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“assume that participants understand that they are participating in a joint enterprise because success is dependent on the success of those from whom they buy and to whom they sell.”
4 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.