United States v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The Court made it clear in Carroll v. United States, 1925, 267 U.S. 132, 156-157 , 45 S.Ct. 280 , 69 L.Ed. 543 , that an officer can make an arrest without first securing a warrant where he has probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor is being committed in his presence. Probable cause does not require, as the Supreme Court has so frequently said, that the arresting officers have evidence to establish criminal guilt. Brinegar v. United States, 1949, 338 U.S. 160 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 , 93 L.Ed. 1879 . On the other hand, a mere inkling or suspicion is not enough. United States v. Walker, 7 Cir., 1957, 246 F.2d 519 . `Probable cause,' Justice Douglas said in Henry v. United States, 1959, 361 U.S. 98, 102 , 80 S.Ct. 168, 171 , 4 L.Ed.2d 134 , `exists if the facts and circumstances known to the officer warrant a prudent man in believing that the offense has been committed.' * * *"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Colling v. Hjelle · Commonwealth v. Calvarese