United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
94 F.3d 1095 · 1996
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably United States v. Brack (1999), United States v. Galbraith (2000)
58 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Faish v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency · United States v. Ajugwo · United States v. Arrington · United States v. Acosta-Olivas · United States v. Adu
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all information and evidence the defendant has concerning the offense or offenses that were part of the same course of conduct or of a common scheme or plan, but the fact that the defendant has no relevant or useful other information to provide or that the Government is already aware of the information shall not preclude a determination ... that the defendant has complied with this requirement.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must prove that he truly cooperated with the authorities prior to sentencing.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he district court, with its fact-finding and credibility-weighing skills, is well suited to make decisions concerning the defendant's full and honest disclosure.”
4 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.