United States v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 300 · 1990
Citation profile
82 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 127 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States v. Sanchez (1991), United States v. Williams (1991)
82 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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Relies on United Transportation Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Brendale v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · United States v. Eichman · Belisle v. Anzivino · United States v. Matra
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 127 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he adjustment should be applied if the weapon was present, unless it is clearly improbable that the weapon was connected with the offense.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he sentencing judge is in a unique position to evaluate a defendant's acceptance of responsibility. For this reason, the determination of the sentencing judge is entitled to great deference on review.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“'[O]wnership, dominion, or control' over the [firearm] 'or dominion over the premises' where the [firearm] is located”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.