United States v. Bistrup’s Empirical Analysis
449 F.3d 873 · 2006
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Sevilla (2008), United States v. Jenkins-Watts (2009)
21 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Relies on United States v. Mashek · United States v. Lincoln · United States v. Parker · United States v. Wells · United States v. Carroll
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Based on the defendant’s role in the offense, increase the offense level as follows: (a) If the defendant was an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by 4 levels.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“repeat all of its findings when it decides on a specific term of imprisonment”
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.