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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 288 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. Campos-Maldonado.

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1 United States v. Campos-Maldonado Anchor
ca5 · 2008
green “a discretionary sentence imposed within a properly calculated guidelines range is presumptively reasonable.” 97
2 United States v. Campos-Maldonado
ca5 · 2008
green “the sentencing judge is in a superior position to find facts and judge their import under 3553(a) with respect to a particular defendant.” 83
3 United States v. Cooks
ca5 · 2009
green “the presumption is rebutted only upon a showing that the sentence does not account for a factor that should receive significant weight, it gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or it represents a clear error of judgment in balancing sentencing factors.” 78
4 United States v. Cooks
ca5 · 2009
green “is rebutted only upon a showing that the sentence does not account for a factor that should receive significant weight, it gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or it represents a clear error of judgment in balancing sentencing factors.” 30

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