United States v. Castillo’s Empirical Analysis
979 F.2d 8 · 1992
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Sklar · United States v. Ruiz · United States v. Bradley · United States v. Preakos · United States v. Khang
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the weapon's location makes it readily available to protect either the participants themselves during the commission of the illegal activity or the drugs and cash involved in the drug business, there will be sufficient evidence to connect the weapons to the offense conduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the weapon was present, unless it is clearly improbable that the weapon was connected with the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“would have used the gun during the drug transaction had he thought it necessary.”
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.