United States v. Castro-Lara’s Empirical Analysis
970 F.2d 976 · 1992
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 104 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Bailey v. United States (1995), Correa v. Hospital San Francisco (1995)
71 federal appellate · 6 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 955
Relies on Carnegie v. United States · Rideout v. United States · United States v. Zannino · In re Martin-Trigona · 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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the defendant forfeits the benefit of the customary standard of review, thereby negating any claim of evidentiary insufficiency unless affirming the conviction would work a 'clear and gross injustice.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“concern is not whether the gun was 'instantly available' or 'exclusively dedicated to the narcotics trade,' but whether it was 'available for use' in connection with the narcotics trade.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“entitled to the benefit of the same standard of appellate review”
4 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.