United States v. Barnett’s Empirical Analysis
989 F.2d 546 · 1993
Citation profile
70 federal appellate · 26 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 132 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably United States v. Brandon (1994), United States v. Chhien (2001)
70 federal appellate · 26 district · 3 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. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Katz v. United States · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“age, education, experience, intelligence, and knowledge of the right to withhold consent.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Issues not squarely raised in the district court will not be entertained on appeal.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[j]udges are not expected to be mindreaders”
6 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.