Sullivan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 1976
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simmons v. United States · Jones v. United States · Bumper v. North Carolina · Alderman v. United States · United States v. Jeffers
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[I]t is entirely proper to require of one who seeks to challenge the legality of a search as the basis for suppressing relevant evidence that he allege, and if the allegation be disputed that he establish, that he himself was the victim of an invasion of privacy.” 362 U.S. at 261 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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