United States v. McFarlane’s Empirical Analysis
64 F.3d 1235 · 1995
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably United States v. Payne (1997), United States v. Padilla-Pena (1997)
26 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Stinson v. United States · National Union Fire Insurance v. Helfand · Nicholas v. United States · Joseph v. United States · Clampitt v. Interinsurance Exchange
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To qualify for an adjustment under this section, the defendant must have been the organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor of one or more other participants.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ased on the defendant's role in the offense, increase the offense level as follows: .... (b) If the defendant was a manager or supervisor (but not an organizer or leader) and the criminal activity involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by three levels.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person who is criminally responsible for the commission of the offense, but need not have been convicted.”
2 later decisions 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.