United States v. Vazzano’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.2d 879 · 1990
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently January 2011 · most notably United States v. Rivera (1992), United States v. Duarte (1991)
61 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Daughtrey · Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Cos. · United States v. Wright · United States v. Stroud · United States v. Mocciola
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“accept the findings of fact of the district court unless they are clearly erroneous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Unless they are clearly erroneous [this Court] must accept both the district court's determination that the alleged conduct involving the additional amounts of [criminal activity] has been established by a preponderance of the evidence and its conclusion that such conduct was relevant conduct for sentencing purposes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile the clearly erroneous standard is appropriate where the district court's determination resembles a finding of fact, de novo review is required where the application of the guidelines approaches a purely legal question.”
1 later decision 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.