United States v. Ingram’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the defen dant’s criminal history category substantially over-represents the seriousness of the defendant’s criminal history or the likelihood that the defendant will commit further crimes.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Hilts · 562 F. App'x 53 - United States v. Isa

2. “And yet, we judges have a right — a duty even — to express criticism of legislative judgments that require us to uphold results we think are wrong. We may alert Congress to mistakes or gaps in its legislation. We may tell the legislature that we think a judgment it has made is mistaken, even absurd, and urge Congress to reconsider its judgment. We may even go further and suggest that a judgment made by the legislature is headed towards unconstitutionality. To do these things is not to “call the law into disrepute,” but rather to work with coordinate branches of government to prevent disreputable laws from enduring.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 960 F. Supp. 2d 881 - United States v. Young

3. “would end up reaching the same 'appropriate' sentence they would have reached”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 1 - State v. Riley