United States v. Schechter’s Empirical Analysis
13 F.3d 1117 · 1994
Citation profile
32 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3563 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583 · 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on United States v. Gio · United States v. Gaines · United States v. Ross · United States v. Showalter
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonably related to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant, ... and to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review a district court's decision not to depart only when the court's decision results from the court's mistaken conclusion that it lacked the authority to depart.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“non-violent offense while suffering from significantly reduced mental capacity not resulting from voluntary use of drugs or other intoxicants”
2 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.