7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 234 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Mendoza-Mendoza.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Mendoza-Mendoza Anchor | green | “examining the totality of the circumstances to see whether the sentencing court abused its discretion in concluding that the sentence it chose satisfied the standards set forth in 3553(a).” | 58 |
| 2 | United States v. Carter | green | “regardless of whether the district court imposes an above, below, or within-guidelines sentence, it must place on the record an individualized assessment based on the particular facts of the case before it.” | 57 |
| 3 | United States v. Erasto Gomez-Jimenez | green | “we may proceed directly to an assumed error harmlessness inquiry.” | 42 |
| 4 | United States v. Engle | green | “that the district court has considered the parties' arguments and has a reasoned basis for exercising its own legal decisionmaking authority.” | 37 |
| 5 | United States v. Mendoza-Mendoza | green | “examine the totality of the circumstances to see whether the sentencing court abused its discretion in concluding that the sentence it chose satisfied the standards set forth in 3553(a).” | 17 |
| 6 | United States v. Morace | green | “into account the totality of the circumstances, including the extent of any variance from the guidelines range.” | 15 |
| 7 | United States v. Dominic McDonald | green | “to apply this assumed error harmlessness inquiry we require (1) knowledge that the district court would have reached the same result even if it had decided the guidelines issue the other way and (2) a determination that the sentence would be substantively reasonable even if the …” | 8 |
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