United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
930 F.2d 1081 · 1991
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Mergerson (1993), United States v. Asibor (1997)
55 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Rakas v. Illinois · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · United States v. Young
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“decide which of our federal laws are going to be enforced”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Id. 59 Evidence of drug dealing was undoubtedly relevant here. In this Circuit, the jury is permitted to view and consider the entire circumstances surrounding an alleged offense. Thus, in United States v. Randall, 887 F.2d 1262 (5th Cir.1989), the defendant was charged with carrying a firearm during cocaine trafficking. Yet this court held that evidence regarding marijuana dealing was admissible, because evidence which is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ ‘Constructive possession’ has been defined as ownership, dominion, or control over the contraband itself or dominion or control over the premises in which the contraband is concealed.”
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.