Benton v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3563 · 18 U.S.C. § 3581 · 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583 · 18 U.S.C. § 3585 · 18 U.S.C. § 3621
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Taylor v. United States · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]his new interpretation is clearly retroactive to persons who are in a community confinement center with greater than a 150-day sentence. The Court need not consider the validity of this retroactive applicant because Benton is not within the class of inmates affected by retroactive application.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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