United States v. Caperell’s Empirical Analysis
938 F.2d 975 · 1991
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably United States v. Melancon (1992), United States v. Daas (1999)
54 federal appellate · 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 21 U.S.C. § 811 (§ 201 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Hamling v. United States · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · Commissioner v. Engle · Nicholas v. United States · Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund v. Presti
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'the applicable statute is unconstitutional or that the indictment fails to state an offense.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hether a claim is 'jurisdictional,' and therefore appealable, depends on whether the claim can be resolved by examining the face of the indictment or the record at the time of the plea without requiring further proceedings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'ludicrous to believe that authorization for sale over-the-counter of a product containing small amounts of controlled substance renders that controlled substance lawful and exempt from the schedule in all forms.'”
4 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.