United States v. Bliss’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.3d 640 · 2005
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2241 (Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 2251 (Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 18 U.S.C. § 2423 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act)) · 18 U.S.C. § 3509 · 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on United States v. Booker · United States v. Crosby · United States v. Sanchez · Decatur v. Paulding · United States v. Mondello
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We conclude that the § 3C1.1 enhancement does not apply to persons engaged in criminal activity who learn of an investigation into that activity and simply disappear to avoid arrest, without more.... The [defendants] may have engaged in additional conduct while avoiding arrest, however, that would warrant application of the obstruction enhancement ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e believe that [the defendant's] flight itself is insufficient to support the district court's application of the enhancement. We therefore look for other 'obstructive conduct' that, 'coupled with' his flight, might allow us to affirm the court's ruling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“amount[ed] to little more than 'simply disappear[ing] to avoid arrest,' " which "fall[s] short of what we believe the Sentencing Commission contemplated in prescribing the enhancement for obstruction of justice.”
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.