United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
53 F.3d 831 · 1995
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Burns v. United States · United States v. Mustread · United States v. Saunders · United States v. Seacott · United States v. Tai
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not adequately reflect the seriousness of the defendant's past criminal conduct or the likelihood that the defendant will commit other crimes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The PSR cited the appropriate Guidelines section, it detailed the exact grounds for the departure, and it referred to facts to support the grounds”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“court may consider imposing a sentence departing from the otherwise applicable guideline 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.