Field v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Delaware v. Prouse · Solem v. Helm · Harmelin v. Michigan · Brown v. Texas · United States v. Martinez-Fuerte
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] checkpoint set up for the specific purpose of checking driver's licenses, valid tags, and insurance serves a legitimate public safety purpose; therefore, it does not violate a defendant's right of protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]his Court has consistently held that the State does arguably have an interest in ensuring that drivers are properly licensed.”
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.