United States v. Beaver’s Empirical Analysis
984 F.2d 989 · 1993
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Murphy v. Sullivan · San Vicente Medical Partners, Ltd. v. Orr · United States v. Belden · United States v. Quesada · United States v. Jordan
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“expresses congressional intent that marijuana plants be measured according to their potential yield only if the defendant possessed fewer than fifty.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is entirely consistent with congressional intent as expressed in section 841(b)(1).”
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.