United States v. King’s Empirical Analysis
895 F.2d 205 · 1990
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
February 1991
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Byrd · United States v. Stewart · United States v. Haines · United States v. George · United States v. Watson
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is absolutely no constitutional authority for the proposition that the perpetrator of a crime can claim the benefit of a later enacted statute which lessens the culpability level of that crime after it was committed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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