United States v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 1002 · 1982
Citation profile
27 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Rummel v. Estelle · Hutto v. Davis · United Steelworkers of America v. Weber · Herko v. United States · United States v. Fleming
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.
“[a] reviewing may not change or reduce a sentence imposed within the applicable statutory limits on the ground that the sentence was too severe unless the trial court relied on improper or unreliable information in exercising its discretion or failed to exercise any discretion at all in imposing the sentence.”
4 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.