State v. Mall’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 1979
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Carroll v. United States · State v. Robinson · State v. McCollum · State v. McMillin
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There is probable cause to search when there exist facts and circumstances sufficient to warrant a reasonable prudent man to believe that an automobile contains contraband or items which offend against the law.” (Syl. f 3.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Morin
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.