United States v. Labat’s Empirical Analysis
905 F.2d 18 · 1990
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably United States v. Concepcion (1992), United States v. Rahman (1999)
61 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Pinkerton v. United States · Abel v. United States · Nye & Nissen v. United States · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Blumenthal 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“joined the specific venture and shared in it, and that his efforts contributed to its success.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since the essence of conspiracy is the agreement and not the commission of the substantive offense that is its objective, the offense of conspiracy may be established even if the collaborators do not reach their goal”). 13 . According to Quinones, when the police 'voucher” a vehicle, they take custody of it and conduct a thorough inventory of its contents. (Trial Tr. at 2116.) 14 . Perez testified that he was a member of a gang called the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under 18 U.S.C. § 2, a defendant may be convicted of aiding and abetting a given crime where the government proves that the underlying crime was committed by a person other than the defendant, that the defendant knew of the crime, and that the defendant acted with the intent to contribute to the success of the underlying 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.