United States v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis
970 F.2d 444 · 1992
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
January 2007
most recently cited
32 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 657
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Gracey v. Reigle · United States v. Eichman · United States v. Evidente · United States v. Headley
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]xtraordinary family circumstances, i.e., outside of the 'heartland' of cases the Guidelines were intended to cover, can be the basis for a downward departure.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]amily ties and responsibilities . . . are not ordinarily relevant in determining whether a sentence should be outside the guidelines.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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