United States v. Bradley’s Empirical Analysis
917 F.2d 601 · 1990
Citation profile
112 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably United States v. Sepulveda (1993), United States v. Brooks (1992)
112 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. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Nicholas v. United States · United Transportation Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Anderson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund v. Presti
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a key datum in constructing a defendant's sentence is the quantity of narcotics attributable to him for sentencing purposes . . . .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“did not intend to produce and was not reasonably capable of producing the negotiated amount.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hether a defendant 'clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility' is a fact-dominated issue, and the district court's decision to withhold a reduction in the offense level will not be overturned unless clearly erroneous.”
4 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.