United States v. Rayner’s Empirical Analysis
2 F.3d 286 · 1993
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 991
Relies on Tristani v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. · Watson v. United States · Luster v. Cushman · United States v. Wise · United States v. Unger
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“defendant has the burden of proving the applicability of reductions to the offense level”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The classification of an offense as within or without the ambit of section 4A1.2(c) as a whole, or either of its subsections, is a question of federal law, not state law, notwithstanding that the predicate offense and punishment are defined by state law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he mere fact that the defendant was less culpable than his co-defendant[s] does not entitle the defendant to 'minor participant' status as a matter of law.”
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.