Statute treatment: 21 U.S.C. § 845

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 154 citation events across 112 distinct cases.

154citations total

112distinct interpreting cases

29distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1974–2021year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Pedro Gomez, A/K/A Jose Rivera Lopez (1979) ca3 57 own cites 6× in case

#2 Bifulco v. United States (1980) scotus 734 own cites 2× in case

#3 United States v. Gibbs, Stephen A/K/A \Jake\". Appeal of Stephen Gibbs" (1987) ca3 72 own cites 4× in case

#4 United States v. Carlos Julio Reyes (1991) ca3 44 own cites 4× in case

#5 United States v. Lorenzo Soto-Olivas (1995) ca9 112 own cites 2× in case

#6 United States v. Stevie Stevenson (1993) ca7 38 own cites 3× in case

#7 Gozlon-Peretz v. United States (1991) scotus 548 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Dario Restrepo (1990) ca9 83 own cites 2× in case

#9 United States v. Herman B. Slater, United States of America v. Harold L. Porter (1992) ca10 78 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. Dale M. Hendrickson (1994) ca2 74 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States v. Wilfredo Diaz-Villafane (1989) ca1 426 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Kelvin Harrington (1991) cadc 63 own cites 2× in case

#13 United States v. James Brown, A/K/A Steven Brown (1994) cadc 61 own cites 2× in case

#14 United States v. Orestes Luciano Abreu, United States of America v. James David Thornbrugh (1992) ca10 59 own cites 2× in case

#15 United States v. Moore (1975) scotus 314 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Thomas W. Moore, Jr. (1976) cadc 26 own cites 3× in case

#17 United States v. Francisco Rodriguez-Garcia (1993) ca10 45 own cites 2× in case

#18 United States v. Richard Rodney Robison (89-3724), and James Roosevelt Smoot (89-3520) (1990) ca6 173 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. James Purdy Lambert (84-5660) Philip M. Block (84-5661), Defendants (1985) ca6 154 own cites 1× in case

#20 United States v. Benjamin Mallah (1974) ca2 153 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.