United States v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Koon v. United States · Jacobellis v. Ohio · United States v. Rivera · United States v. Johnson · United States v. Canoy
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.
“ordinary”? While the Sentencing Commission and the case law offer little guidance on the subject, one thing is clear: The baseline is not, nor should it be,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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