United States v. Pharr’s Empirical Analysis
916 F.2d 129 · 1990
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1708 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 510 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Nicholas v. United States · Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · United States v. Diaz-Villafane · United States v. Mejia-Orosco
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“dependence upon drugs, or separation from such a dependency, is not a proper basis for a downward departure from the guidelines.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court finds that there exists an aggravating or mitigating circumstance of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]elf-improvement is not the type of conduct contemplated by the acceptance of responsibility provisions of the guidelines.”
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.