Lucas v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• correction of illegal sentences was proper even though sentences were increased as a result
• correction of illegal sentences proper even though sentences were in creased as a result
• correction of illegal sentences proper even though sentences were increased as a result
• marijuana properly subject to Congressional control under the Controlled Substances Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

43 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Joseph Samuel Kinsey, United States of America v. Albert Kinsey
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-04-01· cited 114×
• United States v. James W. Alverson
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-01-04· cited 82×
• United States v. Robert Castillo, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-03-26· cited 74×
• United States v. Andrew B. Bloom
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-10-15· cited 70×
• United States v. German Fidel Cueto
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-02-14· cited 61×
• United States v. Patrick Henry Earley
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-04-21· cited 58×
• German v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-05-07· cited 50×
• United States v. Joseph Charles Gramlich, A/K/A Joseph Charles Harris, James Allen Burch, Myrton Ray Lerstang & Joseph Keven Lawless
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-05-13· cited 49×
• United States v. Phillips
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-05-11· cited 49×
• United States v. Seihichiro Tsutagawa, United States of America v. Chihiro Takamatsu
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-08-28· cited 46×
• United States v. Donald Earl Spann
  Tenth Circuit· 1975-04-30· cited 38×
• United States v. Bergdoll
  D. Delaware· 1976-03-10· cited 38×
• United States v. Mayo Turner
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-06-09· cited 34×
• United States v. Michael Muench, Michelle Lewis and Albert Foreman
  Second Circuit· 1982-11-17· cited 34×
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) v. Bell
  District of Columbia· 1980-02-11· cited 32×
• Nimrod T. Solomon v. Charles L. Benson, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-10-06· cited 29×
• United States v. Genao
  Second Circuit· 1996-04-01· cited 27×
• United States v. Larry Davis
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-10-31· cited 24×
• United States v. Moss
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-01-23· cited 23×
• United States v. Chester Lee Durbin
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-10-06· cited 19×