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217 F.3d 986 · 2000

Citation profile

22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
March 2006
most recently cited

14 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Almendarez-Torres v. United States · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Jones v. United States · Castillo v. United States

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “do[es] no more than single out subsets of those persons who carry or use firearms during crimes of violence for more severe punishment.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “are separated from the offense clause of the statute by the word 'shall'--a frequent separator of offense-defining clauses from sentencing provisions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “to limit the sentencing court's discretion in selecting a penalty within the range already available to it.”
    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.