United States v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
938 F.2d 162 · 1991
Citation profile
39 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently July 2011 · most notably United States v. Joetzki (1991), United States v. Harrington (1991)
39 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. § 3742 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · Holywell Corp. v. Bank of New York · United States v. Morales · Workers' Compensation Insurers Rating Ass'n v. Austin Products Co.
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'I'm not sure that even had I the power to depart downward I would do it,'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“dependence upon drugs, or separation from such a dependency, is not a proper basis for a downward departure from the guidelines.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Drug dependence ... is not a reason for imposing a sentence below the guidelines. Substance abuse is highly correlated to an increased propensity to commit crime. Due to this increased risk, it is highly recommended that a defendant who is incarcerated also be sentenced to supervised release with a requirement that the defendant participate in an appropriate substance abuse program.”
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.