United States v. Elder’s Empirical Analysis
840 F.3d 455 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
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. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Pulido · United States v. Griffin · United States v. Rollins · United States v. Curry · United States v. Baker
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was not a conviction for a felony drug offense”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from Arizona to southwest Indiana.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“free to address the significance of the 1999 conviction on remand.”
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.