Bear v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
644 F.3d 700 · 2011
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1111 · 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Teague v. Lane · United States v. Frady · Hill v. United States · Begay v. United States · Sawyer v. Whitley
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“constitute[ ] a fundamental defect which inherently results in a complete miscarriage of justice.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“in excess of the maximum authorized by law”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[D]enying relief does not build confidence in our court system because this looks to the world like a court refusing to acknowledge or make amends for its own mistake.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.