United States v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
9 F.3d 1253 · 1993
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably United States v. Hofierka (1996), United States v. Poellnitz (2004)
13 federal appellate ·
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 Morrissey v. Brewer · Lustig v. United States · United States v. Yancey · Jasper Roberson, Relator-Appellant v. State of Connecticut · United States v. Torrez-Flores
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Federal courts have consistently ruled that a criminal conviction provides sufficient grounds for revocation of probation even though an appeal from the conviction is still pending.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The conviction itself, whether or not an appeal is taken, provides adequate proof of the violation of state law to justify revoking probation.”
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.