United States v. Suarez’s Empirical Analysis
911 F.2d 1016 · 1990
Citation profile
91 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably United States v. Saucedo (1991), United States v. Mergerson (1993)
91 federal appellate · 2 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Weaver v. Graham · Dobbert v. Florida · Miller v. Florida · United States v. Batchelder · Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife.
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Unless otherwise specified ... cross references in Chapter Two ... shall be determined on the basis of the following: (1) all acts and omissions committed or aided and abetted by the defendant, or for which the defendant would be otherwise accountable, that occurred during the commission of the offense of conviction....” Id.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly improbable that the weapon was connected with the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a dangerous weapon (including a firearm) was possessed during the commission of the offense, increase by 2 levels.”
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.