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936 F.2d 1138 · 1991

Citation profile

39
cited by 39 later decisions
1
states following
November 2007
most recently cited

29 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 881 (§ 511 of the Controlled Substances Act)

Relies on Beck v. Alabama · Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Morrison v. Olson · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. · Halas v. Department of Energy

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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[t]he presentence report provided for a base offense level of 36 which was based on testimony that 41.7 pounds of methamphetamine could have been produced by [defendant] with the chemicals and equipment involved. The district court ... followed the presentence report and sentenced [him] to a term of 327 months as to each of counts I and III and 120 months as to each of counts II and V, all terms to be served concurrently. As to count IV, [defendant] was sentenced to sixty months ... to be served consecutively to the sentences in the remaining counts.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “items that are relatively generic and easily available when compared to the extensive array of sophisticated chemicals and equipment”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Intent and knowledge, however, can be inferred from surrounding circumstances.”
    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.