United States v. Arango’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.3d 34 · 2007
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently December 2021
14 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (§ 1352 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · North Carolina v. Alford · United States v. Grier · United States v. Jiménez-Beltre
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The rationale by which a district court reaches a final sentence is important. It offers the defendant, the government, the victim, and the public a window into the decision-making process and an explanation of the purposes the sentence is intended to serve. It promotes respect for the adjudicative process, by demonstrating the serious reflection and deliberation that underlies each criminal sentence, and allows for effective appellate oversight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the court ordinarily should identify the main factors upon which it relies, its statement need not be lengthy ... nor need it dissect every factor made relevant by 18 U.S.C. § 3553 .... Even silence is not necessarily fatal; “a court’s reasoning can often be inferred by comparing what was argued by the parties or contained in the presentence report with what the judge did.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall state in open court . . . the reason for imposing a sentence at a particular point within the range.”
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.