United States v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.3d 879 · 2013
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 28 U.S.C. § 2111
Relies on Gall v. United States · United States v. Mustread · United States v. Taylor · United States v. Lallemand · United States v. Abbas
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“slavish adherence to [the factors] is unnecessary: the ultimate question is what relative role the defendant played”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n distinguishing a leadership and organizational role from one of mere management or supervision.”
1 later decision 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.