United States v. Barreto’s Empirical Analysis
871 F.2d 511 · 1989
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently February 2009 · most notably United States v. Barrett (1989), United States v. Fuller (1990)
64 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Mistretta v. United States · Anschuetz & Co. v. Mississippi River Bridge Authority · Wrenn v. Capstone Medical Center · United States v. Thomas · United States v. Davis
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor' is a question of fact reviewable 'under the clearly erroneous standard, giving due regard to the trial court's assessment of the credibility of the witnesses.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) The exercise of decision-making authority; (2) The nature of participation in the commission of the offense; (3) The recruitment of accomplices; (4) The claimed right to a larger share of the fruits of the crime; (5) The degree of participation in planning or organizing the offense; (6) The nature and scope of the illegal activity; and (7) The degree of control and authority exercised over others.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a defendant was an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or more participants or was otherwise extensive, increase by four levels.”
2 later decisions 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.