United States v. Melbie’s Empirical Analysis
751 F.3d 586 · 2014
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Shepard v. United States · United States v. Gray · United States v. Dawn
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We review de novo whether a prior conviction is a predicate offense under [ 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e)(1) ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that occurred during the period of the conspiracy and was related to the object of the conspiracy”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]lthough related to the entire course of events in the ongoing conspiracy,”
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.