United States v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 13 · 1991
Citation profile
50 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably United States v. Haynes (1993), United States v. Moore (1992)
50 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. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund v. Presti · McCarthy v. Blair · United States v. Colon · United States v. Sharpsteen · United States v. Barone
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“focuses on the recurrence of offenses rather than on the specifics of the most recent offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]he average drug dealer has committed at least five assaults and robberies against strangers in order to ply his trade .... Career criminals must be put on notice that their chronic violence will be punished by maximum prison sentences for their offense without parole.” 128 Cong.Rec. 26,517 (1982).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Sentencing Commission did not intend such harsh results for street dealers ... requires us to determine whether quantity was considered in the career offender regulation and, if so, whether it was adequately considered.”
2 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.