United States v. Conner’s Empirical Analysis
930 F.2d 1073 · 1991
Citation profile
98 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 190 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably Wade v. United States (1992), United States v. Bushert (1993)
98 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 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. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Delaware v. New York · Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · Halas v. Department of Energy · Hallstrom v. Tillamook County
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 190 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f substantial assistance is provided and the bargain reached in the plea agreement is frustrated, the district court may then order specific performance or other equitable relief, or it may permit the plea to be withdrawn.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“agree[d] to inform the court concerning the extent of Mr. Conner's substantial assistance,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]o do this, he ha[s] to demonstrate that he provided the degree of assistance contemplated by the agreement.”
3 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.