United States v. Rodriguez-Nuez’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 461 · 1990
Citation profile
39 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. White · United States v. Wright · United States v. Herrera · United States v. Nuno-Para · United States v. Otero
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is clearly improbable that the weapon was connected to the offense.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“part of the same course of conduct or common scheme or plan as the offense of conviction.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Physical proximity of the weapon and contraband is usually enough to support an enhancement.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.