United States v. Romulus’s Empirical Analysis
949 F.2d 713 · 1991
Citation profile
81 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 112 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably United States v. Wong (1994), United States v. Stewart (2001)
81 federal appellate · 1 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. § 5031 · 18 U.S.C. § 5032 · 18 U.S.C. § 5036 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Delaware v. Prouse · Lane v. Peterson · In re Disbarment of McManus · National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation, Inc. v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees · United States v. Chambers
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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled that acquitted conduct may properly be used to enhance a sentence once a requisite finding is made by the sentencing judge.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'consciously ... with the purpose of obstructing justice.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he question of whether the interest of justice is served by the transfer of a juvenile for adult prosecution is a decision within the broad discretion of the district court.”
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.