United States v. Brett’s Empirical Analysis
872 F.2d 1365 · 1989
Citation profile
178 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 200 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2019 · most notably United States v. Perry (1990), United States v. Stroud (1990)
178 federal appellate · 2 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 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp. · Scharffe v. Perkins · Herrmann v. United States · Rice v. Norman Williams Co.
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 200 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“dominion over the premises in which the contraband is concealed.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“willfully impeded or obstructed, or attempted to impede or obstruct the administration of justice during the investigation or prosecution of the [case]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“every other circuit to address this issue [and have held] that the holder of the key, be it to the dwelling, vehicle or motel room in question, has constructive possession of the contents therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.