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927 F.3d 955 · 2019

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
February 2024
most recently cited

Relationships

Applies 10 U.S.C. § 871 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)

Relies on Furman v. Georgia · 135 S. Ct. 2551 - Johnson v. United States · United States v. Benz · Ex Parte Milligan · Nixon 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “switch[es] out a greater punishment for a lesser one.”
    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.