United States v. Olvera’s Empirical Analysis
954 F.2d 788 · 1992
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Morrison (1993), United States v. Zagari (1997)
58 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chitwood v. McLemore · FMC Corp. v. Holliday · United States v. Kikumura · Etlin v. Etlin · United States v. Prescott
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is 'heavily dependent upon the facts of the particular case' ... a district court's judgment about a particular defendant's degree of participation will not be disturbed on appeal unless clearly erroneous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is a relevant consideration in denying the acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment in selecting the sentence for that first offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“was inconsistent with acceptance of responsibility”
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.