Gouled v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

876 federal appellate · 220 district · 788 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 2,466 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In practice the result is the same to one accused of crime, whether he be obliged to supply evidence against himself or whether such evidence be obtained by an illegal search of his premises and seizure of his private papers. In either case he is the unwilling source of the evidence, and the Fifth Amendment forbids that he shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in a criminal case.””

   70 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Agnello v. United States · Davis v. United States

2. ““The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.””

   34 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carroll v. United States · Olmstead v. United States

3. “’ “Every search and' seizure madé ’by an ’ officer without a search warrant is not within the- condemnation of the Fourth Amendment. It is the right and duty of the government ,to secure evidence of crime, even, from the accused himself, .if,-this can ..be done, without, violating his - constitutional rights.” Gouled v. U. S., 255 U. S. 298 , at page 301 ( 41 Sup. Ct. 261 , 65 L. Ed. 647 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Green v. United States