United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
16 F.2d 788 · 1927
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
August 1979
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Giles v. United States · Gandreau v. United States · Leonard v. United States · Perry v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A search warrant may in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its direction or by an, officer authorized by law to serve such warrant, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on his requiring it, he being present and acting in its execution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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