United States v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis
998 F.2d 228 · 1993
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably United States v. Forney (1993), United States v. Martin (1994)
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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. § 3558 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Wade v. United States · Kashif v. United States · United States v. Harvey · United States v. Conner
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.
“when a plea rests in any significant degree on a promise or agreement of the prosecutor, so that it can be said to be part of the inducement or consideration, such promise must be fulfilled.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“deemed by the Government as providing substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“plea agreements are generally interpreted under the law of contracts, the constitutional basis of the defendant's 'contract' right and concerns for the honor and integrity of the government require holding the government responsible for imprecisions or ambiguities in the agreement.”
1 later decision 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.