20 Va. App. 21 - Brown v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To allow the [police] to do anything short of complying in full with [their] own guidelines would inject an element of discretion into the [checkpoint] procedures and thus undercut the very foundation upon which the [checkpoint] seizure is constitutionally justified.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 25 Va. App. 527 - Sheppard v. Commonwealth · 24 Va. App. 496 - Faye L. Price v. Commonwealth

2. ““[t]o ensure that an individual’s expectation of privacy is not subjected to arbitrary invasion solely at the unfettered discretion of police officers in the field, seizures at roadblocks must be carried out pursuant to plans embodying explicit, neutral limitations on the conduct of the individual officer.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 26 Va. App. 214 - Crouch v. Commonwealth

3. “`lack the usual probable cause or individualized suspicion requirements [that] ordinarily safeguard citizens from arbitrary government intrusion.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 25 Va. App. 527 - Sheppard v. Commonwealth