United States v. Carr’s Empirical Analysis
56 F.3d 38 · 1995
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Harmelin v. Michigan · Rummel v. Estelle · Hutto v. Davis · United States v. Morales · United States v. Reyes
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so disproportionate to the gravity of his offenses as to violate the Eighth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.