United States v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis
983 F.2d 730 · 1993
Citation profile
113 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 194 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Watkins (1993), United States v. Pierce (1994)
113 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Doerr v. Doerr · Sisson v. Ruby · Associated Grocers, Inc. v. Washington · Halas v. Department of Energy · DiCarlantonio v. United States
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 194 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The sentencing judge is in a unique position to evaluate a defendant's acceptance of responsibility. For this reason, the determination of the sentencing judge is entitled to great deference on review.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the defendant clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility for his offense, decrease the offense level by 2 levels.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court of appeals shall give due regard to the opportunity of the district court to judge the credibility of the witnesses, and shall accept the findings of fact of the district court unless they are clearly erroneous and shall give due deference to the district court's application of the guidelines to the facts.”
9 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.