United States v. Schray’s Empirical Analysis
383 F.3d 430 · 2004
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3558 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Williams v. United States · United States v. Bostic · United States v. Stewart · United States v. Miggins · United States v. Hickey
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]f Defendant's motion for a downward departure had been granted, then the district court would have been permitted to sentence Defendant to anything under 120 months (i.e., the statutory minimum).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Hence, there is a possibility that the district court's ultimate conclusion was influenced by its misunderstanding of its sentencing options.”
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.