United States v. Rewis’s Empirical Analysis
969 F.2d 985 · 1992
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably United States v. Forney (1993), United States v. Taylor (1996)
21 federal appellate · 3 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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Santobello v. New York · United States v. Jefferies · In re Arnett · United States v. Nelson · United States v. Carrazana
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“hyper-technical reading of the written agreement”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]y taking into account the extent of defendant's illegal activity and the fact that he has rebuffed all efforts of law enforcement to gain his cooperation, this Court will establish a wide-ranging deterrent for those who would follow the illegal footsteps of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“would rather remain an `outlaw smuggler' with a code of silence and intimidation,”
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.