Opinion

Ignacio v. Brown

  • 515 U.S. 1180
  • 64 U.S.L.W. 3143
  • 116 S. Ct. 23
  • 132 L. Ed. 2d 906
  • 1995 U.S. LEXIS 5108
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Aug 11, 1995
Status
Published
Cited by
4 cases
Authority
More cited than 62.4%

“Congress did not intend, by establishing limited appellate review [under the Sentencing Reform Act], to vest in appellate courts wide-ranging authority over district court sentencing decisions.”

How later courts described this case

  • “Congress did not intend, by establishing limited appellate review [under the Sentencing Reform Act], to vest in appellate courts wide-ranging authority over district court sentencing decisions.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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