United States v. Kirkpatrick’s Empirical Analysis
589 F.3d 414 · 2009
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 115 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Gall v. United States · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · United States v. Watts
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] motion to [a court's] discretion is a motion, not to its inclination, but to its judgment; and its judgment is to be guided by sound legal principles.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“explain why a sentence differs from the Sentencing Commission's recommendation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“explain why the sentence is appropriate under the statutory criteria.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.