7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 95 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. Apolonio Torres-Reyes.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Apolonio Torres-Reyes Anchor | green | “all sentences-whether inside, just outside, or significantly outside the guidelines range-under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.” | 31 |
| 2 | United States v. Apolonio Torres-Reyes | green | “review all sentences-whether inside, just outside, or significantly outside the guidelines range-under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.” | 19 |
| 3 | United States v. Junaidu Savage | green | “under the clear error standard, we will only reverse if left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” | 14 |
| 4 | United States v. Roberto Moreno Pena | green | “in assessing whether a district court properly calculated the guidelines range, including its application of any sentencing enhancements, we review the district court's legal conclusions de novo and its factual findings for clear error.” | 12 |
| 5 | United States v. John Fowler | green | “first, we 'ensure that the district court committed no significant procedural error, such as failing to calculate (or improperly calculating) the guidelines range, treating the guidelines as mandatory, failing to consider the 18 u.s.c. 3553(a) factors, selecting a sentence base…” | 9 |
| 6 | United States v. Darra Shephard | green | “a sentence based on an improperly calculated guidelines range is procedurally unreasonable.” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.