United States v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis
880 F.2d 113 · 1989
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Meyers · United States v. Whitehead · United States v. Smith · United States v. Byrd · United States v. Santamaria
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n the case of a controlled substance in schedule I or II except as provided in subparagraph[ ] (A)....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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