United States v. Carey’s Empirical Analysis
898 F.2d 642 · 1990
Citation profile
96 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably United States v. Moreno (1991), United States v. Aymelek (1991)
96 federal appellate ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Young · Isaksen v. Vermont Castings, Inc. · Nobile v. Schindler · Cordeiro v. United States · United States v. Evidente
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f reliable information indicates that the criminal history category does not adequately reflect the seriousness of the defendant's past criminal conduct or the likelihood that the defendant will commit other crimes....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“seriousness of appellant's prior criminal history and his incorrigibility were not adequately reflected in his criminal history category or other guidelines”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prejudices the substantial rights of the defendant and would result in a miscarriage of justice if left uncorrected.”
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.