United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
607 F.3d 1123 · 2010
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on United States v. Booker · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Bender v. Williamsport Area School District · United States v. Rhodes · United States v. Smartt
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission ... the court may reduce the term of imprisonment ... if such a reduction is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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