United States v. Rexach’s Empirical Analysis
896 F.2d 710 · 1990
Citation profile
85 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably United States v. Rivera (1992), United States v. Gonzalez (1992)
85 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from New York Northern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Santobello v. New York · United States v. Nixon · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Bordenkircher v. Hayes
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the explicit terms of a cooperation agreement leave the acceptance of the defendant’s performance to the judgment of the prosecutor, the prosecutor may reject the defendant’s performance provided he or she is honestly dissatisfied.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) will move the sentencing court, pursuant to section 5K1.1 of the sentencing guidelines to depart from the otherwise applicable guideline range; (2) may move the sentencing court, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) to impose a sentence lower than the statutory term of imprisonment of five years;....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“substantial assistance ... in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense,”
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.