Legal Opinion
United States v. Allen
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided May 18, 1988No. CR 88-H-4-SPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the sentencing guidelines developed by the United States Sentencing Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (the “Act”). 1 Section 217 of the Act, codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-98, establishes the Commission “as an independent agency in the judicial branch” and defines its duties and powers, including its responsibility for promulgation of sentencing guidelines.
Because of the desirability of consistency, the judges of this court — like those in several other districts 2 — have elected to…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Nixon v. Administrator of General ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Muskrat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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4Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. Eric Nathaniel Johnson, United States of America v. Eric Nathaniel Johnson, A/K/A Little FreakCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. BogleDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1988
- United States v. BogleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. WilliamsDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1988
- United States v. WeidnerDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1988
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