United States v. Berzon’s Empirical Analysis
941 F.2d 8 · 1991
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably United States v. Wise (1992), United States v. Fields (2007)
66 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3552 · 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Williams v. People of State of New York · United States v. Tucker · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] defendant must be provided with a meaningful opportunity to comment on the factual information on which his or her sentence is based,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a defendant may not be placed in a position where, because of his ignorance of the information being used against him, he is effectively denied an opportunity to comment on or otherwise challenge material information considered by the district court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a defendant has a due process right to be sentenced upon information which is not false or materially incorrect.”
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.