United States v. Dotson’s Empirical Analysis
895 F.2d 263 · 1990
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Rose v. Clark · Pope v. Illinois · Carella v. California · Thompson v. Thompson · Connecticut Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. v. Brown
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The original opinion remains the opinion of the court on all issues”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“as one of ambiguity and incompleteness. This is in contrast to other types of instructional error, where, for example, a trial judge fails completely to instruct on an essential element of the crime charged, or delivers an instruction that impermissibly shifts the burden of proof to the defendant on an essential element.”
1 later decision 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.