United States v. Burton’s Empirical Analysis
894 F.2d 188 · 1990
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently July 2014
15 federal appellate · 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. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Oliver v. United States · United States v. Bailey · Hester v. United States · Dennis v. United States · United States v. Whitley
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“marijuana is presently classified as a Schedule I substance and the penalties for possession of such drugs have been rationally and thoughtfully established by Congress.... this argument ... should be made to the legislature, not to the courts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“had no reasonable legal alternative to violating the law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“no basis for reversing the jury verdict where deliberations continued until 1:50 a.m. The judge was clearly acting within his discretion by allowing them to continue where they appeared to be making progress and there were no complaints of weariness.”
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.