United States v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis
963 F.2d 708 · 1992
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently February 2023
17 federal appellate ·
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)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Arizona v. Youngblood · Joseph v. United States · Grynberg v. Danzig · United States v. Diaz-Carreon
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inferred only if knowledge is indicated by additional factors, such as 'circumstances evidencing a consciousness of guilt on the part of the defendant . '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“lack of knowledge of the name of the true owner,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“implausible explanations for one's travels.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.