United States v. Schocket’s Empirical Analysis
753 F.2d 336 · 1985
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 140 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably United States v. Bell (1992), United States v. LaRouche (1990)
71 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Bullock v. United States · Williams v. United States · Ohio v. Gallagher · Taylor v. United States · Sutherland v. United States
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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consistently endorsed the view that a sentence fixed within the limits approved by Congress will not be reviewed on appeal in the absence of extraordinary circumstances.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Constructive possession exists when the defendant exercises, or has the power to exercise, dominion and control over the item[,]”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well settled that a federal district court judge is vested with broad discretion in the sentencing phase of criminal prosecutions, and that sentences imposed within the statutory limits are generally not reviewed on appeal.”
5 later decisions 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.