United States v. Pepper’s Empirical Analysis
412 F.3d 995 · 2005
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on United States v. Booker · Soberon v. United States · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Williams v. United States · Gustafson v. Alloyd Co.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“departure or reduction pursuant to § 5K1.1 or § 3553(e) `can be based only on assistance-related considerations.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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