United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Alfred J. Rioux, Appellant/cross-Appellee

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that statements by significant participants in decision-making process for party opponent are not hearsay if made concerning decision-making process
• holding that defendant must show unfair underrepresentation by \absolute disparity/absolute numbers\ model
• acknowledging that the court had “admittedly waffled” on the issue in the past
• stating that “such meager numbers do not present an infirmity of constitutional magnitude”
• noting that factors used to support departure were “not ordinarily relevant,” but ruled that the district court never abused its discretion by finding that defendant’s case differed significantly from heartland cases
• explaining that the statistical analysis in Jackman “was not per se dispositive”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).