United States v. May’s Empirical Analysis
855 F.3d 271 · 2017
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · Turner v. Rogers · Freeman v. United States · United States v. Benton · Freeman 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“this prohibition [is] non-jurisdictional, and thus waived when the government failed to assert it below.” United States v. May, 855 F.3d 271, 274 (4th Cir. 2017). Here,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although we have previously prohibited 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(2) -based motions for reconsideration ..., we understand this prohibition to be nonjurisdictional....”
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.