United States v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
898 F.2d 450 · 1990
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986)
Relies on Gerstein v. Pugh · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank · United States v. Sarasti · United States v. Juarez-Ortega
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ ‘[T]he guidelines make clear that in drug distribution cases quantities of drugs not specified in the count of conviction are to be included in determining the base offense level if they were part of the same course of conduct or part of a common scheme or plan as the count of conviction.’ ”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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