United States v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
971 F.2d 876 · 1992
Citation profile
162 federal appellate · 4 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 240 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably United States v. Jacobson (1994), United States v. Locascio (1993)
162 federal appellate · 4 district · 10 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. § 3013 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 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) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Young · Darden v. Wainwright · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States
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 240 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice during the investigation, prosecution, or sentencing of the instant offense.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the defendant establishes that (1) he is not able and, even with the use of a reasonable installment schedule, is not likely to become able to pay all or part of the fine....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence [is] viewed in the light most favorable to the government and all permissible inferences [are] drawn in its favor,”
3 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.