United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
918 F.2d 664 · 1990
Citation profile
43 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably United States v. Bolinger (1991), United States v. Pickett (1991)
43 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. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Anderson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund v. Presti · United States v. Wiggins · United States v. Franz · United States v. Urrego-Linares
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An appeal of a district court's failure to downwardly depart from the Guidelines is limited. An otherwise valid sentence is not appealable on the grounds that the defendants feel certain factors were not taken into account by the Guidelines.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“substantially less culpable than the average defendant.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the case of a plea agreement that includes a specific sentence under Rule 11(e)(1)(C) ... a defendant may not file a notice of appeal under paragraph (3) or (4) unless the sentence imposed is greater than the sentence set forth in the agreement.”
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.