United States v. Anders’s Empirical Analysis
956 F.2d 907 · 1992
Citation profile
47 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Lane v. Peterson · United States v. Lira-Barraza · Holywell Corp. v. Bank of New York · United States v. Howard · United States v. Sklar
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] court must sentence within the applicable guideline range unless valid grounds exist for departure.... [and t]he defendant bears the burden of proving the appropriateness of a downward departure”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“civic, charitable, or public service; employment-related contributions; and similar prior good works are not ordinarily relevant in determining whether a sentence should be outside the applicable guideline range.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“must be those at least authorized, and certainly not expressly prohibited, by the Sentencing Guidelines.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.