United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 1304 · 1990
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently September 2020 · most notably United States v. Rosa (1993), United States v. Rea (1992)
34 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants · Bauer v. Waldschmidt · Estate of Johnson v. Engle · Octopi, Inc. v. Courtney · Smith 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“push[ ] through the open door evidence not 'necessary to remove any unfair prejudice' created by defense counsel's tactics.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“`Opening the door is one thing. But what comes through the door is another.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“necessary to remove any unfair prejudice”
2 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.