197 W. Va. 556 - State v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2014
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Katz v. United States · Rakas v. Illinois · Rhode Island v. Innis · Florida v. Bostick · United States v. Place
Most-quoted passages
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“decision. It has occurred when the membership of the Court has been in a state of flux, with all the accompanying philosophical shifting, and a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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