United States v. Anguiano’s Empirical Analysis
873 F.2d 1314 · 1989
Citation profile
122 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 197 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably United States v. Wing Fook Lui (1991), United States v. Hernandez-Escarsega (1989)
122 federal appellate · 5 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. § 3013 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Kotteakos v. United States · Berger v. United States · Stirone v. United States · Pelaes v. United States · Lawrence v. United States
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 197 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no problem of spillover when, as in this case, the defendant stands trial alone.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the indictment is sufficiently broad and ambiguous so as to present a danger of jury confusion”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Reversal of a criminal conviction on the basis of plain error is an exceptional remedy, one which we invoke only when it appears necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice or to preserve the integrity and reputation of the judicial process.”
7 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.