United States v. Varner’s Empirical Analysis
678 F.3d 653 · 2012
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Maestas · United States v. Kelly · United States v. Johnson · United States v. Butler · United States v. Garrett
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the advisory guidelines, [this court] generally will not review the district court’s refusal to grant a downward departure ‘unless the district court had an unconstitutional motive or erroneously thought that it was without authority to grant the departure.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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