United States v. Garrett’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
October 2003
most recently cited
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Relies on United States v. Taghizadeh
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]ecause the district court failed to properly consider the commentary methodology of the Sentencing Guidelines or to explain ... its reasons for using an alternative methodology”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to the extent necessary to achieve a reasonable incremental punishment for the instant offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In some circumstances, such incremental punishment can be achieved by the imposition of a sentence that is concurrent with the remainder of the unexpired term of imprisonment. In such cases, a consecutive sentence is not required.”
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.