4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 14 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. H. Ty Warner.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. H. Ty Warner Anchor | green | “3553(c) requires the district judge to 'state in open court the reasons' for imposing it.” | 4 |
| 2 | United States v. Reed | green | “where a defendant's principal argument is 'not so weak as not to merit discussion,' the court must 'explain its reason for rejecting that argument.” | 4 |
| 3 | United States v. Jackson | green | “an aboveguidelines sentence is more likely to be reasonable if it is based on factors sufficiently particularized 6 no. 173177 to the individual circumstances of the case.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Ladonta Gill | green | “will uphold an aboveguide lines sentence so long as the district court offered an adequate statement of its reasons, consistent with 18 u.s.c. 3553 (a), for imposing such a sentence.” | 3 |
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