United States v. McHenry’s Empirical Analysis
968 F.2d 1047 · 1992
Citation profile
22 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Brewster v. Derwinski · United States v. Franz · United States v. White · United States v. Davis
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is established law in this circuit, and in every circuit which has considered the jurisdictional issue, that an appellate court does not have jurisdiction to review a district court's discretionary refusal to depart downward from the sentencing guidelines.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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