United States v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis
891 F.2d 528 · 1989
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 659
Relies on Nicholas v. United States · Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · United States v. Mejia-Orosco · United States v. Roberson
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial court must determine the Guideline range so as to provide the reviewing court with a benchmark against which to assess the reasonableness of the sentence imposed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an aggravating or mitigating circumstance ... that was not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission.”
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.