United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
775 F.3d 982 · 2014
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3582
Relies on Dillon v. United States · United States v. Tolliver · United States v. Thomas · United States v. Washington · United States v. Ronald Williams
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“term of imprisonment [is] based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission . . . the court may reduce the term of imprisonment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Amendment 782 ... did not lower the sentencing range established for a career offender by § 4B1.1.”
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.