United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
6 F.3d 960 · 1993
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from New York Southern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1708 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on Williams v. United States · Yagow v. United States · Wright v. Wright · Roy v. Gravel · United States v. Jakobetz
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“look “to the amount and extent of the departure in light of the grounds for departing” and “examine the factors to be considered in imposing a sentence under the Guidelines, as well as the district court’s stated reasons for the imposition of the particular sentence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“should structure the departure by moving incrementally down the sentencing table to the next higher offense level in Criminal History Category VI until it finds a guideline range appropriate to the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To arrive at a reasonable sentence when an upward departure is justified, the fair administration of our criminal law requires from judges no such false exactitude.”
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.