United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
943 F.2d 748 · 1991
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Huddleston v. United States · Crisp v. Rubin · Owen v. Owen · United States v. Shackleford · United States v. Beasley
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Moreover, the district court provided jurors with limiting instructions which restricted their consideration of the evidence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“You have heard evidence of acts of the defendant other than those charged in the indictment. You may consider this evidence only on the question of determining motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity or absence of mistake or accident. This evidence is to be considered by you only for this limited purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it concerned truly similar activities rather than inflammatory criminal acts.”
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.