United States v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
984 F.2d 31 · 1993
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 11 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Lowrance v. Achtyl (1994), United States v. Fiorelli (2003)
14 federal appellate · 11 district ·
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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · United States v. Healy · United States v. Dieter · Branum v. Clark · United States v. Gargano
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if no procedure is specifically prescribed by these rules, the district court may proceed in any lawful manner not inconsistent with these rules, or any applicable statute . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“that . . . a motion [to reconsider the denial of a S 2255 petition] should be subject to the same time limitations as reconsideration motions in civil cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘traditional and virtually unquestioned practice.'”
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.