In re Sealed Case’s Empirical Analysis
292 F.3d 913 · 2002
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 28 U.S.C. § 991
Relies on Koon v. United States · United States v. Sun-Diamond Growers · In re Sealed Case No. 97-3112 · United States v. Anderson · United States v. Lewis
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The lower limit of the range for Criminal History Category I is set for a first offender with the lowest risk of recidivism. Therefore, a departure below the lower limit of the guideline range for Criminal History Category I on the basis of the adequacy of criminal history cannot be appropriate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a departure below the lower limit of the guideline range for Criminal History Category I on the basis of adequacy of criminal history cannot be appropriate”
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.