United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . Therefore, while I sanction the commander’s constitutional right to conduct such inspections as part of his command function, the abuses inherent in any such inspection authority lead me to conclude that, to discourage future unlawful police activity, the fruits of all such inspections may not be used either as evidence in a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding or as a basis for establishing probable cause under the Fourth Amendment. . . . ” 9”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Middleton · United States v. Hayes

2. “It has been suggested by Government counsel that the commander’s utilization of a marihuana dog was primarily “to enhance the performance of [the commander’s] military mission.” Yet, the fact remains that a marihuana dog’s distinguishing attribute is his nose with its ability to ferret out a substance, possession of which is criminally punishable under the Uniform Code.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Roberts