United States v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
450 F.3d 834 · 2006
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
August 2010
most recently cited
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Booker · Rogers v. Tennessee · United States v. Haack · United States v. Lincoln · Van Allen v. Nicholson
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“These are appropriate factors to consider in deciding whether to vary from the guideline range, and the court did not neglect factors that should have been given significant weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“could have justified a traditional upward departure under the guidelines, see USSG § 4A1.3(a) . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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