United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
77 F.3d 989 · 1996
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · Harmelin v. Michigan · United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · Garcia 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court may look beyond the plain meaning of a statute when the result it apparently decrees is difficult to fathom or where it seems inconsistent with Congress' intention.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not place on probation or suspend the sentence of any person convicted of a violation of this subsection, nor shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this subsection run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment ____”
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.