United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
438 F.3d 796 · 2006
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on United States v. Booker · Kontrick v. Ryan · United States v. Addonizio · Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney · Eberhart 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment-The court may not modify a term of imprisonment once it has been imposed except that ... the court may modify an imposed term of imprisonment to the extent otherwise expressly permitted by statute or by Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.”
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.