United States v. Masonry Contractors Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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

• “The paramount role of determining that the punishment fit the crime is that of the legislature of the state.”
• “[the Supreme] Court has never found a sentence imposed in a criminal case violative of the Eighth Amendment merely because of its length”
• “Social harm in 18 drug distribution is great indeed. The drug seller, at every level of distribution, is 19 at the root of the pervasive cycle of destructive drug abuse.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).