United States v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
892 F.3d 488 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gall v. United States · Cumpiano v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico · United States v. Martin · United States v. Tardiff · United States v. Dávila-González
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When making a drug quantity finding, the sentencing court's responsibility is to 'make reasonable estimates of drug quantities, provided they are supported by a preponderance of the evidence.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“relevant information regardless of admissibility at trial . . . provided it has 'sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We will only find clear error when our review of the whole record 'forms a strong, unyielding belief that a mistake has been made.'”
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.