United States v. Partington’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 714 · 1994
Citation profile
37 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably United States v. Hill (1996), United States v. Bailey (1997)
37 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1513 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5841 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Tristani v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. · Watson v. United States · Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co. · 9221 Associates v. Industrial State Bank · Chitwood v. McLemore
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hether the facts found by the district court warrant application of a particular guideline provision is a legal question and is to be reviewed de novo.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the offense level is determined largely on the basis of ... the quantity of a substance involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“part of the same course of conduct or common scheme or plan as the offense of conviction.”
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.