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← 2005 WY 115 - Cotton v. State

Cotton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2005

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on New York v. Belton · Michael J. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security · O'BOYLE v. State · Vasquez v. State · Doles v. State

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

  1. “[the presence of an adult passenger presented a safety concern”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Did the district court properly deny appellant’s motion to suppress evidence?”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “proper argument and briefing using a precise and analytically sound approach”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.