United States v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “(a) If the defendant was an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by 4 levels. (b) If the defendant was a manager or supervisor (but not an organizer or leader) and the criminal activity involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by 3 levels.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Quigley · United States v. Clark

2. “[i]f the defendant was an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Anthony · United States v. Taylor

3. “In distinguishing a leadership or organizational rule from one of mere management or supervision, titles such as “kingpin” or “boss” are not controlling. Factors the court should consider include [1] the exercise of decision making authority, [2] the nature of the participation in the commission of the offense, [3] the recruitment of accomplices, [4] the claimed right to a larger share of the fruits of the crime, [5] the degree of participation in planning or organizing the offense, [6] the nature and scope of the illegal activity, and [7] the degree of control and authority exercised over others.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Quigley