United States v. Cea’s Empirical Analysis
963 F.2d 1027 · 1992
Citation profile
62 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 853 (§ 413 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Edwards · United States v. Osborne · United States v. Buggs · United States v. Miller · United States v. Ruiz
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on the basis of idle boasts or braggadocio rather than for the amount of contraband he actually intended to produce ... and was reasonably able to produce.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“less culpable than most other participants.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]here the court finds that the defendant did not intend to produce and was not reasonably capable of producing the negotiated amount [of drugs], the court shall exclude from the guideline calculation the amount it finds the defendant did not intend to produce and was not reasonably capable of producing.”
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.