United States v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.3d 202 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1344 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on William C. Atwater & Co. v. Panama Railroad · United States v. Peglera · Goodman v. Resolution Trust Corp. · PCS Nitrogen Inc. v. Ashley II of Charleston LLC · United States v. Shawakha
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether [a plea] agreement is ambiguous, courts examine the entire contract, considering particular words not as if isolated from the context, but in the light of the obligation as a whole. Form should not prevail over substance, and a sensible meaning of words should be sought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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