United States v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 772 · 1990
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 4161 · 18 U.S.C. § 751
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · United States v. Evidente · United States v. Wivell · United States v. Miller · United States v. Lang
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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
How this case has been treated — in progress
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