United States v. Disla’s Empirical Analysis
805 F.2d 1340 · 1986
Citation profile
193 federal appellate · 5 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 315 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably United States v. Burgos (1996), United States v. Castillo (1988)
193 federal appellate · 5 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 16 states
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. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Pinkerton v. United States · Harris v. New York · Vandygriff v. Phillips
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 315 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a sufficient connection between the defendant and the contraband to support the inference that the defendant exercised dominion and control over the substance.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“circumstantial evidence that the defendant had the power to dispose of the drug.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Possession of a controlled substance under section 841(a)(1) 'may be constructive, as well as actual.'”
15 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.