United States v. Starr’s Empirical Analysis
971 F.2d 357 · 1992
Citation profile
40 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742
Relies on Mistretta v. United States · Burns v. United States · Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Shugrue · Gregory v. Frontier Materials, Inc. · United States v. Lira-Barraza
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“multiple uses of a particular aspect of a defendant's past behavior are proper where each invocation of the particular behavior serves a unique purpose under the Guidelines.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court should [ordinarily] determine whether a defendant's actual criminal history most closely resembles the next higher criminal history category”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the criminal history category ... does not adequately reflect the seriousness of the defendant's criminal conduct or the likelihood of commission of other crimes.... [T]he preponderance of the evidence ... shows that he committed other crimes which have not been adjudicated.”
2 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.