United States v. Soliman’s Empirical Analysis
889 F.2d 441 · 1989
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably United States v. Saucedo (1991), United States v. Pitre (1992)
66 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 991
Relies on United States v. Tucker · Mancusi v. Stubbs · James v. United States · United States v. Fleishman · United States v. Colon
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he court may consider imposing a sentence departing from the otherwise applicable guideline range. Such information may include ... prior sentence(s) not used in computing the criminal history category (e.g., sentences for foreign and tribal offenses).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Convictions which the defendant show to have been constitutionally invalid may not be counted in the criminal history score ... Nonetheless, any conviction that is not counted in the criminal history score may be considered ... if it provides reliable evidence of past criminal activity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sentences resulting from foreign convictions are not counted [in determining criminal history], but may be considered under Sec. 4A1.3 (Adequacy of Criminal History Category).”
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.