United States v. Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.3d 82 · 2010
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Gall v. United States · Miller v. Florida · Garner v. Jones · United States v. Demaree · Atkins v. New York City
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“begin all sentencing proceedings by correctly calculating the applicable Guidelines range.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“first ensure that the district court committed no significant procedural error, such as ... improperly calculating[ ] the Guidelines range,”
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.