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· 11/10/1948

Galperin Music Co. v. West Virginia Board of Education

Citations

  • 4 Ct. Cl. 199

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  • noting that although sentencing court may consider a Kimbrough-related argument, it is \not obligated to deviate from the guidelines based on\ that argument
  • vacating where the district court said it “had no authority to ‘disregard the advisory guideline sentencing range on this ground’”
  • noting the “general rule” that “newly constituted panels in a multi-panel circuit are bound by prior panel decisions closely on point”
  • overruling previous cases that held a district court lacked discretion
  • overruling previous cases that held a district court lacked discretion

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Judges: Smith

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