United States v. Vitale’s Empirical Analysis
159 F.3d 810 · 1998
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably United States of America v. Sean Hart Neil White Joseph Orlando Lawrence Weil (2001), United States v. Thayer (1999)
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 Koon v. United States · Berkery v. Commissioner · United States v. Miele · United States v. Cross · United States v. Lieberman
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantially the same ... [w]hen the offense level is determined largely on the basis of the total amount of harm or loss, the quantity of a substance involved, or some other measure of aggregate harm, or if the offense behavior is ongoing or continuous in nature and the offense guideline is written to cover such behavior.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(1) has committed a non-violent offense, (2) while suffering from a significantly reduced mental capacity, (3) that was not caused by the voluntary use of intoxicants, (4) where defendant’s mental incapacity contributed to the commission of the offense, and (5) so long as the defendant’s criminal record does not indicate a need for imprisonment to protect public safety.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has shown nothing in the record to support his view that the district court would have departed yet further had grouping been utilized.”
1 later decision 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.