People v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
November 1980
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Rabinowitz · People v. Mickelson · 47 Cal. 2d 374 - People v. Roberts · 67 Cal. 2d 586 - People v. Gastelo · People v. Reeves
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.
“[n]ecessity often justifies an action which would otherwise constitute a trespass, as where the act is prompted by the motive of preserving life or property and reasonably appears to the actor to be necessary for that purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“probability that a woman within the apartment was the unwilling victim of some criminal act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.