United States v. Cea’s Empirical Analysis
914 F.2d 881 · 1990
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably United States v. Townsend (1991), United States v. Rosa (1993)
73 federal appellate · 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Glasser v. United States · United States v. DiFrancesco · California v. ARC America Corp. · Jones v. Howard
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acted with specific intent to commit the underlying offense, and in addition took a substantial step toward its completion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A conspiracy conviction may be based on circumstantial evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is under no obligation to wait until the sale was actually completed before intervening. That is of course true for if the sale has been completed it is no longer a mere attempt. Something less than a consummated sale suffices to prove an attempt provided it is a substantial step toward completion.”
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.