United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.3d 299 · 2016
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Coffman · United States v. DiSantis · United States v. Ajayi · United States v. Kirklin · United States v. Degraffenried
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ordinarily, we treat an affirmatively stated 'no objection' to a jury instruction as a waiver.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“); United States v. DiSantis , 565 F.3d 354 , 361 (7th Cir. 2009) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“affirmatively approves an instruction to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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