United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
856 F.2d 710 · 1988
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably United States v. Giunta (1991), United States v. Rhynes (1999)
21 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 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Hamling v. United States · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“relationship with other members of the conspiracy, the length of this association, his attitude, conduct, and the nature of the conspiracy.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if there is substantial evidence, taking the view most favorable to the Government, to support it.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'there need only be a showing that [Montalvo] knew of the conspiracy's purpose and some action indicating his participation....'”
3 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.