United States v. Beal’s Empirical Analysis
960 F.2d 629 · 1992
Citation profile
95 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 131 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably United States v. Tolson (1993), United States v. Taylor (1995)
95 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on Foster v. North Texas Production Credit Ass'n · United States v. Franz · United States v. Herrera · United States v. Montenegro-Rojo · United States v. Osborne
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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'A finding of fact is clearly erroneous only if, after reviewing the entire evidence, we are left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The sentencing judge is in a unique position to evaluate a defendant's acceptance of responsibility. For this reason, the determination of the sentencing judge is entitled to great deference on review.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the defendant clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility for his criminal conduct. . . .”
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.