United States v. Elder’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.3d 491 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Taylor v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Alleyne v. United States · Descamps 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“criminalize[d] conduct related to 'dangerous drug[s]' as a broad category, rather than any specific drugs,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The structural separation of the term 'dangerous drug' from its definition makes its indivisibility clear,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if the elements of the state crime mirror, or are narrower than, the elements of the generic crime.”
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.