United States v. Bledsoe’s Empirical Analysis
898 F.2d 430 · 1990
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Stirone v. United States · Russell v. United States · Bain Jr · United States v. Miller · Hartman 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it possible for the defendant to be convicted of selling drugs within 1000 feet of Central Catholic High School when he was indicted for selling drugs within 1000 feet of Wheeling Park High School.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[a]ll secondary schools are either publicly or privately controlled[,] ... the statute is violated by a sale within 1000 feet of any secondary school.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“change an 'essential' or 'material' element of the charge so as to cause prejudice to the defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tyson v. Hinnant
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.