United States v. Meeks’s Empirical Analysis
857 F.2d 1201 · 1988
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently July 2014 · most notably United States v. Johnson (1991), United States v. Wivell (1990)
59 federal appellate · 8 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3153 (§ 201 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 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 · United States v. Hasting · In re Disbarment of Sabiston · Fondel v. Ford Motor Co. · United States v. DeLuna
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(d) Statements which are not hearsay. A statement is not hearsay if— (2) Admission by party-opponent. The statement is offered against a party and is ... (E) a statement by a co-conspirator of a party during the course and in the furtherance of the conspiracy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Issues not properly preserved at the district court level and presented for the first time on appeal ordinarily will not be considered by this court as a basis for reversal unless there would be a plain error resulting in a miscarriage of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Statements... identifying a co-conspirator's source for [drugs] have been deemed to be statements made 'in furtherance' of the conspiracy.”
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.