United States v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
952 F.2d 982 · 1991
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably United States v. Maxwell (1994), United States v. Wooten (2004)
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Smith v. Wade · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Lane v. Peterson · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonably ... doubt the existence of an element of a charged crime.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the party seeking such testimony must demonstrate that the evidence is vital to his case, and that his inability to present the same or similar facts from another source creates a compelling need for the testimony.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[P]rior sentences are considered related if they resulted from offenses that (1) occurred on the same occasion, (2) were part of a single common scheme or plan, or (3) were consolidated for trial or sentencing.”
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.