United States v. Shipley’s Empirical Analysis
963 F.2d 56 · 1992
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably United States of America v. Michael Brett Jacquinot (2001), United States v. Maseratti (1993)
36 federal appellate · 1 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.
Relationships
Relies on Brewster v. Derwinski · United States v. Sanchez · United States v. Mourning · United States v. Sanders
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) was imposed in violation of law; (2) was imposed as a result of an incorrect application of the sentencing guidelines; or (3) is greater than the sentence specified in the applicable guideline range . . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Entry of a plea of guilty prior to the commencement of trial combined with truthful admission of involvement in the offense and related conduct will constitute significant evidence of acceptance of responsibility. ... However, this evidence may be outweighed by conduct of the defendant that is inconsistent with such acceptance of responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] defendant who is found to have had a leadership role in the offense does not fully accept responsibility for purposes of § 3E1.1 if, despite his admission of all elements of the offense of conviction, he nevertheless attempts to minimize his leadership role”
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.