United States v. Ewing’s Empirical Analysis
129 F.3d 430 · 1997
Citation profile
66 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably United States v. Galbraith (2000), United States v. Rivera-Santana (2012)
66 federal appellate ·
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 Burns v. United States · Great State Beverages, Inc. v. Wenners · Solventes Y Quimica de Nicaragua, S.A. Solquimisa v. Weaver · United States v. Taylor · United States v. Schmude
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the defendant clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility for his offense.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant who enters a guilty plea is not entitled to an adjustment ... as a matter of right.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If (1) defendant willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice with respect to the investigation, prosecution, or. sentencing of the instant offense of conviction, and (2) the obstructive conduct related to (A) the defendant’s offense of conviction and any relevant conduct; or (B) a closely related offense, increase by 2 levels.”
3 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.