United States v. Mena’s Empirical Analysis
933 F.2d 19 · 1991
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably Dedham Water Co. v. Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc. (1992), United States v. Lara (1999)
45 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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. § 232 · 18 U.S.C. § 32 · 18 U.S.C. § 844 · 49 U.S.C. § 1301 · 49 U.S.C. § 41310 · 49 U.S.C. § 46311 · 49 U.S.C. § 46316 · 49 U.S.C. § 46502
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · North Carolina v. Pearce · Iannelli v. United States · Grady v. Corbin · California State Board of Equalization v. Western Marina Corp.
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“events that occur after an offense has been perpetrated may be relevant in an assessment of what transpired at the earlier time”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(1) With respect to any aircraft in, or intended for operation in air transportation or intrastate air transportation, whoever — (A) while aboard, or while attempting to board such aircraft has on or about his person or his property a concealed deadly or dangerous weapon which is, or could be, accessible to such person in flight; ... shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“one offense is not 'necessarily included' in another unless the elements of the lesser offense are a subset of the elements of the charged offense. Where the lesser offense requires an element not required for the greater offense, no instruction is to be given under Rule 31(c).”
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.