United States v. Boneshirt’s Empirical Analysis
662 F.3d 509 · 2011
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1153 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 751 · 18 U.S.C. § 752
Relies on Gall v. United States · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · Mistretta v. United States · Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unusual case when we reverse a district court sentence-whether within, above, or below the applicable Guidelines range-as substantively unreasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Just because we might reasonably have concluded that a different sentence was appropriate is insufficient to justify reversal of the district court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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