186 Ill. 2d 501 - People v. Brownlee’s Empirical Analysis

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177 state decisions

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 180 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]person has been `seized' within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment only if, in view of all of the circumstances surrounding the incident, a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave. Examples of circumstances that might indicate a seizure, even where the person did not attempt to leave, would be the threatening presence of several officers, the display of a weapon by an officer, some physical touching of the person of the citizen, or the use of language or tone of voice indicating that compliance with the officer's request might be compelled.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 362 Ill. App. 3d 610 - People v. Ramsey · 317 Ill. App. 3d 212 - People v. Ortiz

2. “`by means of physical force or a show of authority,' that person's `freedom of movement is restrained.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 317 Ill. App. 3d 212 - People v. Ortiz · 221 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. White

3. “reasonable person in this * * * situation would likely conclude that, if he or she drove away, then the two officers would soon be in hot pursuit.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 231 Ill. 2d 262 - People v. Cosby · 203 Ill. 2d 165 - People v. Gherna