United States v. Cates’s Empirical Analysis
613 F.3d 856 · 2010
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Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gall v. United States · United States v. Olano · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · United States v. Feemster
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is . . . virtually unassailable on appeal.”
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.