United States v. Corbett’s Empirical Analysis
870 F.3d 21 · 2017
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Russell · United States v. Zannino · United States v. Rodriguez · United States v. O'Brien · United States v. Parker
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on whether the enhancement must be based on a defendant's own affirmative actions or whether it can be applied based on a coconspirator's reasonably foreseeable use of a minor, and that this court has already weighed in on this debate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review the district court's interpretation of the meaning and scope of a sentencing guideline de novo . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“restates the instruction already given, so I have no problem”
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.