United States v. Serrano’s Empirical Analysis
938 F.2d 1058 · 1991
Citation profile
44
cited by 44 later decisions
February 2004
most recently cited
24 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Lord Electric Co. v. United States · Hughey v. United States · Alder v. United States · United States v. Navarro-Botello · United States v. Pomazi
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether a plea agreement has been broken, courts look to what was reasonably understood by the defendant when he entered his plea of guilty.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“rejected the sentence term, it should have informed [the defendant] of its decision and afforded him an opportunity to withdraw his plea.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a waiver does not apply when a party contends ... that a sentence was not in accordance with a plea agreement.”
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.