United States v. Stauffer’s Empirical Analysis
922 F.2d 508 · 1990
Citation profile
78 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 132 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Castro (1992), United States v. Boone (1991)
78 federal appellate · 11 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. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 891 · 18 U.S.C. § 894 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney · Crist v. Bretz · Nicholas 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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only to avoid a manifest miscarriage of justice or plain error.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt defendant's connection with the conspiracy, even though the connection is 'slight,' is sufficient to convict defendant of knowing participation in the conspiracy.”
5 later decisions 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.