United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.2d 1201 · 1990
Citation profile
83 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably United States v. One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Two & 43/100 Dollars ($149,442.43) in United States Currency (1992), United States v. Granados (1992)
83 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 881 (§ 511 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Ross · Cooper v. State of California · California v. Carney · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a sentencing court must make specific findings on the record that demonstrate that the factors [set forth in Guidelines Sec. 5E1.2] were considered before a fine may be imposed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is an incorrect application of the guidelines to impose a fine that a defendant has little chance of paying.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in light of his earning capacity and financial resources”
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.