United States v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 985 · 1990
Citation profile
146 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 179 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably United States v. Lira-Barraza (1991), United States v. Jefferson (1991)
146 federal appellate · 3 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Mistretta v. United States · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Nicholas v. United States · Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis v. Carver · United States v. Roberson
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 179 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he district court's proffered justifications, as well as such factors as ... the seriousness of the offense, the need for just punishment, deterrence, protection of the public, correctional treatment, the sentencing pattern of the Guidelines, and the need to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparities.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“court may use any reasonable methodology hitched to the Sentencing Guidelines to justify the reasonableness of the departure,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the criminal history category significantly under-represents the seriousness of the defendant's criminal history or the likelihood that the defendant will commit further crimes.”
6 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.