United States v. Buckner’s Empirical Analysis
894 F.2d 975 · 1990
Citation profile
145 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 185 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Pickett (1991), United States v. Levy (1990)
145 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 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)
Relies on Solem v. Helm · Carnegie v. United States · Mistretta v. United States · Nebbia v. People of State of New York · Nicholas 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 185 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). See Guidelines § 2D1.1(a)(3). 9 This court reviews acts of Congress with considerable deference. Acts do not affect principles of substantive due process if they bear”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Members of Congress considered cocaine base [or crack cocaine] to be more dangerous to society than [powder] cocaine because of crack [cocaine]s potency, its highly addictive nature, its affordability, and its increasing prevalence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Because crack [cocaine base] is so potent, drug dealers need to carry much smaller quantities of crack than cocaine powder. By treating 1,000 grams of feebase [sic] cocaine no more seriously than 1,000 grams of cocaine powder, which is far less powerful than freebase, current law provides a loophole that actually encourages drug dealers to sell the more deadly and addictive substance, and lets them sell thousands of doses without facing the maximum penalty possible.”
2 later decisions 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.