Wiggins v. Wise’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3621 · 18 U.S.C. § 3622 · 18 U.S.C. § 3623 · 18 U.S.C. § 3625 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · United States v. Nixon · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy · Block v. Community Nutrition Institute
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or (B) that by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not involve the application of a regulation to a particular set of facts, but, rather, seeks to establish guidelines applicable to a wide range of situations”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martin v. Gerlinski“create new law or impose new rights or duties”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martin v. Gerlinski
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.