United States v. Klein’s Empirical Analysis
850 F.2d 404 · 1988
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably United States v. Plat 20, Lot 17 (1992), United States v. Cusumano (1991)
15 federal appellate · 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)
Relies on Jones v. United States · Turner v. United States · Rugendorf v. United States · United States v. Mcginnis · United States v. Hicks
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Sjection 841(a)(1) ... lists six prohibited acts, one of which is the manufacture of a controlled substance.... Section 802(15) defines manufacture as “the production ... of a drug or other substance.” Section 802(22) states that the term production “includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.” From the evidence introduced at trial, it is clear that Klein planted, cultivated and grew marijuana. Whether he did so for his own use rather than for purposes of distribution is irrelevant. His actions violated section 841(a)(1).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is worded in the disjunctive to encompass a number of similar crimes, federal pleading requires that an indictment charge in the conjunctive to inform the accused fully of the charges.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance.”
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.