United States v. Pfeffer’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.2d 654 · 1990
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Russell · Sherman v. United States · Lopez v. United States · United States v. Lard · United States v. Resnick
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) that a government agent originated the criminal design; (2) that the agent implanted in the mind of an innocent person the disposition to commit the offense; and (3) that the defendant committed the criminal act at the urging of the government agent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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