United States v. Blanco’s Empirical Analysis
888 F.2d 907 · 1989
Citation profile
125 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 154 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2015 · most notably United States v. Sepulveda (1993), United States v. Sklar (1990)
125 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Marino v. Ortiz · Adman v. United States · United States v. White · United States v. Wright
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 154 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“part of the same course of conduct or a common scheme or plan as the offense of conviction.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Guidelines provide[ ] that, for the most part, the court will determine the applicable guideline by looking to the charge of which the offender was convicted”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the defendant clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility for his criminal conduct.”
2 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.