United States v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
986 F.2d 312 · 1993
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · United States v. Morales · United States v. Garcia-Garcia · United States v. Anderson · United States v. Parson
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When it is not otherwise in dispute, a district court's silence regarding authority to depart is not sufficient to indicate that the court believed it lacked the power to depart.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We lack jurisdiction to review a district court's discretionary refusal to depart downward from the Guidelines.”
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.