United States v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis
129 F.3d 376 · 1997
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably United States v. Bownes (2005), Jones v. United States (1999)
22 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Reichelt v. Gates · Famor v. Brown · King v. Fielder · United States v. Gonzalez · United States v. D'Iguillont
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We will enforce a plea agreement in which the defendant agrees to waive appeal, provided the waiver is knowing and voluntary.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Government and Defendant also agree that this provision is not binding on the [District] Court and that the Court ultimately will determine the guideline range after receiving the Presentence Report and giving both parties the opportunity to comment thereon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.