United States v. Gamboa’s Empirical Analysis
543 F.2d 545 · 1976
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · United States v. Tucker · Trop v. Dulles · Townsend v. Burke · United States v. Frontero
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) sentencing court exercises broad discretion which is not subject to appellate review 'except when arbitrary or capricious action amounting to a gross abuse of discretion is involved.'”
3 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.