United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
79 F.3d 334 · 1996
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably United States v. Zagari (1997), United States v. Khedr (2003)
14 federal appellate ·
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) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on United States v. Dunnigan · United States v. Onumonu · United States v. Mafanya · United States v. Catano-Alzate
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n a case where the defendant has clearly lied on the stand, the district court need do nothing more to satisfy Dunnigan than point to the obvious lie and find that the defendant knowingly made a false statement on a material matter. The obviousness of the falsehood, though, does not obviate the need for the finding by the district court that willful perjury has occurred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On January 13, 2000, the defendant was convicted following a jury trial of four counts of a ten count Indictment. The defendant committed perjury by denying his guilt under oath at this trial, which constitutes obstruction of justice. Pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1, the offense is increased by 2 levels.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`[a]s a result of the defendant's false statements under oath, he committed perjury, thereby attempting to obstruct the administration of justice'”
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.