United States v. U.S. Currency, in the Amount of $103,387.27’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 555 · 1988
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023 · most notably Edelman v. Lynchburg College (2002), United States v. 4492 South Livonia Road (1989)
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 881 (§ 511 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Lambert v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Rosano v. United States · United States v. Banco Cafetero Panama · United States v. $38,000.00 in United States Currency · Deitchman v. Er Squibb & Sons Inc
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the abuse of discretion standard, the proper inquiry is not how the reviewing court would have ruled if it had been considering the case in the first place, but rather, whether any reasonable person could agree with the district court.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) whether the claimant has advised the court and government of his interest in the defendant ... before the claim deadline, and (2) whether the government would be prejudiced by allowing the late filing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the procedure in statutory condemnation proceedings analogous to maritime actions in rem, whether within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction or not.”
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.