United States v. Gregory’s Empirical Analysis
932 F.2d 1167 · 1991
Citation profile
66 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 120 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably United States v. Pickett (1991), United States v. Stewart (2002)
66 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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Laughlin v. Internal Revenue Service · United States v. Joan · United States v. Draper · United States v. Pighetti
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 120 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We hold that this court should not accept jurisdiction over appeals based on factors which the appellant argues should have influenced the degree of downward departure.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] sentence which is within the Guidelines, and otherwise valid ... is not appealable on the grounds that the sentencing judge failed to depart from the Guidelines on account of certain factors which the defendant feels were not considered by the Guidelines and should reduce his sentence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[u]pon motion of the government stating that the defendant has provided substantial evidence ... the court may depart from the Guidelines.”
3 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.