United States v. Monroe’s Empirical Analysis
978 F.3d 433 · 1992
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Alaska · White v. Illinois · United States v. Wise · United States v. Galloway · United States v. Luster
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This court has clearly stated that the preponderance of the evidence standard applies in sentence decisions.”
2 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.