United States v. Dortch’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 629 · 1991
Citation profile
74 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Nicholas v. United States · Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund v. Presti · Etlin v. Etlin
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the term 'instant offense' refers to the offense of conviction”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n the present case, we agree with the government that even though the district court made no express findings, it is implicit in the sentence actually imposed by the district court that the district court rejected appellant’s arguments and resolved the disputed issues against him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“did plead guilty and cooperated with the authorities with respect to his case... he also made false exculpatory statements at the time of [his] arrest, justified his involvement with cocaine as a means of supporting his family, and did not supply any information about others.”
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.