United States v. Chiattello’s Empirical Analysis
804 F.2d 415 · 1986
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently July 2008 · most notably United States v. Moya-Gomez (1988), United States v. Hernandez-Escarsega (1989)
23 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 18 U.S.C. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 841 (Amendments of 1973 to Federal Law) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Abney v. United States · Mansion House Center South Redevelopment Co. v. United States · Braverman v. United States · Garrett v. United States · Jeffers v. United States
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o determine whether a conspiracy has been subdivided arbitrarily, resulting in multiple indictments for a single illegal agreement, courts [ ] will look to both the indictments and the evidence and consider such factors as whether the conspiracies involve the same time period, alleged co-conspirators and places, overt acts, and whether the two conspiracies depend on each other for success. Where several of these factors are present, the conclusion follows that the alleged illegal combinations are not separate and distinct offenses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“is far from sufficient to establish the existence of one conspiracy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Beginning on or about March 1, 1985 and continuing up to and including the date of this indictment, in the Eastern District of Wisconsin and elsewhere CELESTINO ORLANDO ESTEVEZ defendant herein, did knowingly and willfully engage in a continuing criminal enterprise, that is, that the defendant CELESTINO ORLANDO ESTEVEZ did violate Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 843(b), said violations which were a part of a continuing series of violations of these statutes, undertaken by the defendant in concert with at least five other persons with respect to whom the defendant occupied a position of organizer, supervisor, and manager, and from which continuing series of violations the defendant obtained substantial income and resources; All in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 848.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.