United States v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
851 F.3d 113 · 2017
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 1344 · 18 U.S.C. § 1957 (§ 1352 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 981 (§ 1366 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 982 (§ 1366 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 28 U.S.C. § 2461 (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990)
Relies on Gall v. United States · United States v. Watts · Libretti v. United States · United States v. Martin · United States v. Sklar
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“failing to calculate (or improperly calculating) the Guidelines range, treating the Guidelines as mandatory, failing to consider the § 3553(a) factors, selecting a sentence based on clearly erroneous facts, or failing to adequately explain the chosen sentence-including an explanation for any deviation from the Guidelines range.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“actual loss usually can be calculated by subtracting the value of the collateral-or, if the lender has foreclosed on and sold the collateral, the amount of the sales price-from the amount of the outstanding balance on the loan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e have repeatedly emphasized that '[a] challenge to the substantive reasonableness of a sentence is particularly unpromising when the sentence imposed comes within the confines of a properly calculated [guideline range].'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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