Senn v. United Dominion Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing a conspiracy conviction where the evidence only showed that the defendant had on one oc- casion bought cocaine from a member of the conspiracy, which merely established a buyer-seller relationship
• vacating and remanding Goines’ sentence where the district court, “[b]y setting the base offense level in relation to the amount of cocaine involved in the conspiracy, . . . failed to make a specific finding of the quantity reasonably foreseeable to Goines”
• vacating and remanding Goines’ sentence where the district court, “[b]y setting the base offense level in relation to the amount of cocaine involved in the conspiracy, . . . failed to make a specific finding of the quantity reasonably foreseeable to Goines”
• where jury acquitted one defendant of all charges, acquitted some defendants of a particular count, and convicted others, verdict “proved” that jury contemplated each count and each defendant separately
• “the district court must be precise in explaining the basis for specific factual findings, including any adjustments increasing or decreasing the base offense level and criminal history category”
• \[T]he liability of members of the distribution chain is predicated upon the notion that participants at different levels in the chain know that the success of those at each level hinges upon the success of the others and therefore cooperate for their mutual benefit.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).