United States v. Betty J. Johnson (86-1993), James E. Johnson, (86-1994), Andrew Paul Taylor (86-2013)’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 124 · 1987
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently December 2019
12 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 822 (§ 302 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 829 (§ 309 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Bourjaily v. United States · Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. v. Bravman · Gemelli v. Pennsylvania · United States v. Moore · United States v. Green
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule, a sentencing decision by a district judge is unreviewable if it is within the statutory limits.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the sale by a nonpractitioner of bogus prescriptions which are in fact used to obtain controlled substances is tantamount to the distribution of the substances themselves and hence, is properly punishable as unlawful distribution of drugs in violation of section 841(a)(1).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cannot be regarded as less than the constructive or attempted transfer of the substance itself, since a prescription is the written representation of the drug and enables its possessor to claim physical custody and control over the drug prescribed.”
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.