United States v. McGuire’s Empirical Analysis
957 F.2d 310 · 1992
Citation profile
103 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably United States v. Saro (1994), United States v. Goines (1993)
103 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Illinois Northern District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Carroll v. United States · Chimel v. California · United States v. Ross
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant receiving a 'leader or organizer' enhancement under Sec. 3B1.1(a) must have at least some control ... over at least four other participants in the offense.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'and the criminal activity involved five or more participants'--not that a defendant managed, or controlled, the five or more participants.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“was not secured through psychological or physical intimidation but rather was the product of a rational intellect and free will.”
3 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.