United States v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
975 F.2d 305 · 1992
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Nicholas v. United States · In re Disbarment of Johnson · Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · Joseph v. United States · Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an unusually high likelihood of recidivism”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]f reliable information indicates that the criminal history category does not adequately reflect the seriousness of the defendant's past criminal conduct or the likelihood that the defendant will commit other crimes.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the Guidelines account for and punish prior criminal behavior.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.