United States v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis
991 F.2d 112 · 1993
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably State v. Turner (2001), United States v. Stitt (2001)
17 federal appellate · 2 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. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Henderson v. Kibbe · United States v. Park · Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · United States v. Laughman
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Constructive possession exists when the defendant exercises, or has power to exercise, dominion or control over the item.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Possession may be actual or constructive.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he circumstantial evidence was overwhelming indicating that there was a large ongoing retail drug trade being conducted from the residence since at least January.”
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.