United States v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 39 · 1991
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably 120 Wash. 2d 156 - State v. Coria (1992), United States v. Lighty (2010)
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 860 (§ 419 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Carnegie v. United States · Leary v. United States · Skinner v. State of Oklahoma Williamson · Tot 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“drug conspirators should be punished in a manner commensurate with the scale of the conspiracy, rather than their personal participation in the conspiracy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mitigating role adjustments are proper only for a defendant who is 'substantially less culpa ble than the average participant,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“codefendant's statement is inculpatory if it could fairly be understood to incriminate the accused.”
2 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.