United States v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
41 F.3d 1121 · 1994
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently February 2012 · most notably United States v. Booker (1995), United States v. Michalek (1995)
25 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 659
Relies on Sowashee Venture v. EB, Inc. · Golden Pacific Bancorp v. United States · Department of Revenue of Montana v. Ranch · Invex Holdings, N.V. v. Equitable Life Insurance · Toti v. United States
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the Guidelines expressly provide otherwise or a compelling basis exists for implying such a prohibition.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a guideline amendment which occurs after the commission of the defendant's crime which works to the defendant's detriment is inapplicable because it is a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cumulative enhancements for more than minimal planning and for being an organizer or leader are not prohibited under the Guidelines and would not constitute impermissible double-counting.”
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.