United States v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
883 F.2d 13 · 1989
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2001 · most notably United States v. Bayerle (1990), United States v. Innie (1993)
37 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. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 991
Relies on Mistretta v. United States · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Delaware v. New York · Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · Nobile v. Schindler
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mixture or substance containing a detectable amount”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he enhancement for weapon possession reflects the increased danger of violence when drug traffickers possess weapons. The adjustment should be applied if the weapon was present, unless it is clearly improbable that the weapon was connected with the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he construction given to a statute by those charged with its administration is entitled to great deference____ Congress ... granted broad authority guided by specific goals and principles. A review of the Commission’s policy state ments reveals the high degree of study and deliberation with which the Commission undertook their task of following the congressional directive____ In light of such well-reasoned statutory interpretation and implementation, [the court] find[s] that the Commission acted will within its broad grant of authority and pursuant to congressional goals and principles.”
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.