United States v. Shabazz’s Empirical Analysis
933 F.2d 1029 · 1991
Citation profile
42 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2016 · most notably Melendez v. United States (1996), United States v. Galloway (1992)
42 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 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 991 · 28 U.S.C. § 994 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · Sullivan v. Finkelstein · McCarthy v. Bronson
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“traditional tools of statutory construction,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We may set aside the guideline, therefore, only if it contravenes an 'unambiguously expressed intent of Congress' or is unreasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“makes a difference ... only if the gross-weight rule was intended to protect consumers of illegal drugs from being defrauded by unscrupulous dealers who would sell them a product more diluted than they have bargained for. Obviously, this is not a purpose of the rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.