State v. Walter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 17 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article VI, § 11 of the South Dakota Constitution protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Short Bull · State v. Chase

2. “[W]hen a person is subject to an 'investigative detention' rather than a full-blown custodial arrest, the officer need only have reasonable suspicion for the detention rather than the probable cause typically required.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Chase

3. “We review the circuit court's factual findings for clear error but give no deference to the circuit court's conclusions of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kaline