United States v. Daly’s Empirical Analysis
883 F.2d 313 · 1989
Citation profile
82 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3552 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 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 Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Daughtrey · United States v. Correa-Vargas · United States v. Smith
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has shown nothing more than that which innumerable defendants could no doubt establish: namely, that the imposition of prison sentences normally disrupts ... parental relationships....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mixture or substance containing a detectable amount”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unwarranted sentence disparities among defendants with similar records who have been found guilty of similar conduct.”
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.