United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Matchett · United States v. Saxena · United States v. Alicea · United States v. Clark · United States v. Thompson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n addition to - 17 - entitlement to the government's technical compliance with the agreement, appellant is entitled to the 'benefit of the bargain' and the 'good faith' of the prosecutor.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“faith in the plea-bargaining process, 'we "hold prosecutors to the most meticulous standards of promise and performance”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]raditional principles of contract law.”
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.