State v. Pinkard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 43 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the degree of the public interest and the exigency of the situation; (2) the attendant circumstances surrounding the [search], including time, location, the degree of overt authority and force displayed; (3) whether an automobile is involved; and (4) the availability, feasibility and effectiveness of alternatives to the type of intrusion actually accomplished.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Richard L. Weber · State v. Charles v. Matalonis

2. “totally divorced from the detection, investigation, or acquisition of evidence relating to the violation of a criminal statute.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Charles v. Matalonis · 384 Wis. 2d 272 - State v. Lux

3. “a police officer serving as a community caretaker to protect persons and property may be constitutionally permitted to perform warrantless searches and seizures.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Charles v. Matalonis · 384 Wis. 2d 632 - State v. Rubenzer