United States v. Reeves’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.2d 1101 · 1986
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably United States v. Welch (1996), United States v. Price (1998)
34 federal appellate · 1 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 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Albernaz v. United States · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Gore v. United States · Herrmann v. United States · Kentucky v. Indiana
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Constructive possession exists when a person does not have actual possession but instead knowingly has the power and the intention at a given time to exercise dominion and control over an object, either directly or through others.'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the intent to engage in the criminal activity, and (2) the commission of one or more overt acts towards the commission of the substantive offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because of problems of proving intent in attempt cases and the danger of convicting for mere “thoughts, desires or motives, we require that the “substantial step” consist of “objective acts [which] ... mark the defendant’s conduct as criminal in nature.” [T]he defendant’s objective conduct, taken as a whole, must unequivocally corroborate the required subjective intent to purchase or sell actual narcotics.”
2 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.