United States v. Coppock’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 77 · 1990
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
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Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. LTV Corp. · United States v. Brett
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[When] there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder's choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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