United States v. Kinder’s Empirical Analysis
946 F.2d 362 · 1991
Citation profile
71 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2013 · most notably United States v. Mergerson (1993), United States v. Saunders (1992)
71 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Brewster v. Derwinski · Tristani v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. · Penn v. Parke State Bank · United States v. Mueller · United States v. Sarasti
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'because he had 17 ounces of methamphetamine on the street and had not collected all of the money from the sale of [it].'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) If the defendant clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility for his criminal conduct, reduce the offense level by two levels. * * * if: sf: * (c) A defendant who enters a guilty plea ' is not entitled to a sentencing reduction under this section as a matter of right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] defendant who objects to the use of information bears the burden of proving that it is 'materially untrue, inaccurate or unreliable.'”
1 later decision 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.