Commonwealth v. Buchanon’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Delaware v. Prouse · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · Brown v. Texas · United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“decisions regarding the location, time, and procedures”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In order to pass constitutional muster, the seizure must be deemed reasonable, which requires 'a weighing of the gravity of the public concerns served by the seizure, the degree to which the seizure advances the public interest, and the severity of the interference with individual liberty.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we must err on the side of caution when dealing with the most fundamental of those rights granted to our citizens to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.