United States v. Moreno (89-1150/1208)’s Empirical Analysis
899 F.2d 465 · 1990
Citation profile
153 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 225 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably United States v. Walton (1990), United States v. Sanchez (1991)
153 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Darden v. Wainwright · Carnegie v. United States · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank
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 225 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]ecause § 841(b) is a penalty provision only, a determination of the quantity of cocaine by a preponderance of the evidence likewise satisfies due process.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is clearly improbable that the weapon was connected with the offense.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“possession of a firearm during the commission of the offense establishes a presumption that the possession is connected to the offense.”
8 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.