United States v. Lot 111-B, Tax Map Key 4-4-03-71(4)’s Empirical Analysis
902 F.2d 1443 · 1990
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. $38,570 U.S. Currency (1992), United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1990)
24 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 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. § 881 (§ 511 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. A Single Family Residence · United States v. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars · United States v. One 1945 Douglas C-54 (DC-4) Aircraft
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[P]ossession of mere legal title by one who does not exercise dominion and control over the property is insufficient ... to establish standing to challenge a forfeiture.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f the claimant either knew or consented to the illegal activities, the 'innocent owner' defense is unavailable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“owns or has an interest in the forfeited property.”
3 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.