United States v. Oetken’s Empirical Analysis
241 F.3d 1057 · 2001
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Stinson v. United States · Holsey v. Director of Classification for Division of Corrections · Pataki v. Grumet · Million v. Salas · Kansas v. Nebraska
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here there are two plausible readings of a guideline provision, we apply the rule of lenity and give the defendant the benefit of the reading that results in the shorter sentence.”
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.