United States v. Andersen’s Empirical Analysis
940 F.2d 593 · 1991
Citation profile
78 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 873 (§ 503 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · Wayte v. United States · United States v. Batchelder · Abbate v. United States · Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Ogilvie
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he ultimate decision whether to charge a defendant, and what charges to file ... rests solely with [the] prosecutors.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“so long as the prosecutor has probable cause to believe that the accused committed an offense defined by statute, the decision whether or not to prosecute, and what charge to file ... generally rests entirely in his discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[T]he prosecutor may be influenced by the harsher penalties available upon conviction, but this fact, standing alone, does not give rise to a violation of the Equal Protection or Due Process Clause.'”
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.