United States v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis
22 F.3d 84 · 1994
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably United States v. Perkins (1997), United States v. Snow (2000)
32 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1091 (Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Wade v. United States · United States v. Thomas · United States v. Conner · United States v. Bynum
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“explicitly reserved discretion rather than promising anything.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the demonstrated 100 to 1 sentencing ratio of 'cocaine base' to 'cocaine powder' in Sec. 841(b).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“6. The defendant agrees to cooperate fully and truthfully with the United States, and provide all information known to the defendant regarding any criminal activity. In that regard: a. The defendant agrees to testify truthfully and completely at any grand juries, trials or other proceedings. b. The defendant agrees to be reasonably available for debriefing and pre-trial conferences as the United States may require. c. The defendant agrees to provide all documents, records, ’writings or materials of any kind in the defendant’s possession or under the defendant’s care, custody, or control relating directly or indirectly to all areas of inquiry and investigation. d. The defendant agrees that, upon request by the United States, the defendant will voluntarily submit to a government polygraph examination. * * * * ❖ # 8. The parties agree that the United States reserves its option to seek any departure from the applicable sentencing guidelines, pursuant to Section 5K of the Sentencing Guidelines and Policy Statements, or Rule 35(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, if in its sole discretion, the United States determines that the defendant has provided substantial assistance and that such assistance has been completed.”
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.