United States v. Deborah E. Morris, United States of America v. Rufus S. McDowney’s Empirical Analysis
836 F.2d 1371 · 1988
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably United States v. Childress (1995), United States v. Gore (1998)
30 federal appellate · 1 district · 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. § 802 (§ 102 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 Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Powell · Dunn v. United States · United States v. Falcone · Direct Sales Co. 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a buyer-seller relationship does not make out a conspiracy even if the item sold is one to be used illegally”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since a conspiracy is by nature secret, the jury may fairly infer the existence of the agreement through either direct or circumstantial evidence.”
1 later decision 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.