United States v. Powers

How courts have described this case

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

• “As already mentioned, the case was submitted to the jury on two alternative, legally valid theories. If either theory was supported by sufficient evidence, we are bound to affirm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Solis
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-08-06· cited 339×
• United States v. Ollison
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-01-06· cited 205×
• United States v. Holmes
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-04-06· cited 181×
• United States v. Florita Bell Griffin, Terrence Bernard Roberts, Joe Lee Walker
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-03-10· cited 160×
• United States v. Samuel Saldana, Jr., United States of America v. Saul Saldana
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-09-30· cited 158×
• United States v. Williams
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-08-30· cited 157×
• United States v. Fullwood
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-08· cited 129×
• United States v. Ferguson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-04· cited 127×
• United States v. Brown
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-12-18· cited 121×
• United States v. Stalnaker
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-06-10· cited 120×
• United States v. Curtis
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-03-14· cited 115×
• United States v. Sharpe
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-10-20· cited 107×
• United States v. Abdorasool Janati Forouzandeh Janati
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-07-09· cited 98×
• United States v. Loe
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-04-17· cited 91×
• United States v. Richards
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-08· cited 87×
• United States v. Kay
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-10-24· cited 87×
• United States v. Majors
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-11-19· cited 87×
• United States v. Jenell Goodley Taylor
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-04-14· cited 82×
• United States v. Edward Jimenez, Also Known as Big Eddie Paul Santivanez
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-06-29· cited 82×
• United States v. Partida
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-09-10· cited 77×

Cites

48 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schmuck v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 1,390×
• Griffin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-03· cited 1,353×
• United States v. Orange Jell Beechum
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-10-25· cited 1,202×
• United States v. Maze
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-08· cited 580×
• Tome v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-01-10· cited 570×
• Kann v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1944-12-04· cited 394×
• Parr v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-13· cited 363×
• United States v. Bermea
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-10-07· cited 268×
• United States v. Gerald Vontsteen, A/K/A Skip Vontsteen
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-01-07· cited 198×
• United States v. Amy Ralston Pofahl, Charles T. Nunn, and Randy White
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-05-06· cited 188×
• United States v. Asibor
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-27· cited 185×
• United States v. Gaytan
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-01-23· cited 181×
• United States v. James Williams
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-10· cited 175×
• United States v. Brown
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-11-10· cited 123×
• United States v. Coleman
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-03-05· cited 108×
• United States v. Route
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-01-13· cited 107×
• United States v. Palmer
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-09-03· cited 105×
• United States v. Skipper
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-01-23· cited 103×
• United States v. John C. Riddle
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-05-20· cited 99×
• United States v. Myers
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-01-14· cited 98×

Other cases named United States v. Powers

49 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• United States v. Powers
  Supreme Court· 1939-01-09· cited 56×
• United States v. Powers
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-09-12· cited 53×
• United States v. Powers
  Supreme Court· 1939-05-15· cited 52×
• United States v. Powers
  M.D. Florida· 2008-04-18· cited 24×
• United States v. Powers
  First Circuit· 2012-12-14· cited 22×
• United States v. Powers
  Second Circuit· 2016-11-21· cited 18×
• United States v. Powers
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-03-26· cited 11×
• United States v. Powers
  W.D. Michigan· 1921-07-05· cited 8×
• United States v. Powers
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1928-05-25· cited 7×
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 1938-02-01· cited 6×
• United States v. Powers
  W.D. Virginia· 2004-04-16· cited 5×
• United States v. Powers
  E.D. New York· 1932-10-28· cited 5×
• United States v. Powers
  S.D. Iowa· 1979-09-07· cited 4×
• United States v. Powers
  D. Alaska· 1901-06-07· cited 3×
• United States v. Powers
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-09-20· cited 1×
• United States v. Powers
  D. Montana· 1936-07-29· cited 1×
• United States v. Powers
  M.D. North Carolina· 2014-02-19· cited 1×
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-05-31· cited 1×
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-02-24· cited 1×
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-12-08
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-12-11
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-04-22
• United States v. Powers
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-05-19
• United States v. Powers
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-08-25
• United States v. Powers
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-02-26
• United States v. Powers
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-06-24
• United States v. Powers
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-03
• United States v. Powers
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-06-30
• United States v. Powers
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-01-22
• United States v. Powers
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-03-05
• United States v. Powers
  District of Columbia· 2010-11-17
• United States v. Powers
  Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals· 2014-06-17
• United States v. Powers
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 2014-09-18
• United States v. Powers
  Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals· 2014-10-09
• United States v. Powers
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-11-09
• United States v. Powers
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-09-12
• United States v. Powers
  Second Circuit· 2016-11-21
• United States v. Powers
  Second Circuit· 2016-11-21
• United States v. Powers
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 2020-06-25
• United States v. Powers
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1836-07-01
• United States v. Powers
  Eighth Circuit· 1956-09-24
• United States v. Powers
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2014-07-08
• United States v. Powers
  Supreme Court· 1938-10-10
• United States v. Powers
  Supreme Court· 1939-10-09
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-06-02
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-23
• United States v. Powers
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-10-18
• United States v. Powers
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-02-14
• United States v. Powers
  W.D. Washington· 1920-01-05