United States v. Huff’s Empirical Analysis
959 F.2d 731 · 1992
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably Love v. United States (1992), United States v. Cannon (1996)
53 federal appellate · 7 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Mathews v. United States · Hampton v. United States · Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · Foy v. Northeast Suburban Life · Sisson v. Ruby
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) government agents implanted the criminal design in his mind, and (2) government agents induced him to commit the offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“so substantial, in view of the purpose for which the tape[ ] [is] offered, as to render the recording as a whole untrustworthy....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“In order to make out a prima facie case of selective prosecution, the defendants must show: (1) that they were singled out for prosecution while others similarly situated were not prosecuted for similar conduct; and (2) that the decision to prosecute was based on an impermissible motive such as race, religion, or an attempt by the defendant to secure other constitutional rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.