Whitaker v. Garcetti’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Brady v. State of Maryland · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“probable cause, the receiving unit either makes an immediate arrest or obtains a search warrant on the sole basis of the so-called”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whitaker v. Garcetti · Jack N. Whitaker Ramon Portillo, AKA Candido Gutierrez-Elenes Avelino Avalos Eduardo Martinez Virginia Delgado, AKA Edna Cabrera Ricardo Carrizoza, AKA Vicente Lopez-Carrizoza Lauro Rocha Gaxiola Antonio Rocha Gastelum v. Gil Garcetti Curtis A. Hazell David Demerjian Jason Lustig County of Los Angeles, and Willie Williams Dan Harden Horacio Marco Chuck Livingston Keith Lewis City of Los Angeles, Jack N. Whitaker Ramon Portillo, AKA Candido Gutierrez-Elenes Avelino Avalos Eduardo Martinez Virginia Delgado, AKA Edna Cabrera Ricardo Carrizoza, AKA Vicente Lopez-Carrizoza Lauro Rocha Gaxiola Antonio Rocha Gastelum v. Gil Garcetti Curtis A. Hazell David Demerjian Jason Lustig County of Los Angeles Willie Williams Dan Harden Horacio Marco Chuck Livingston Keith Lewis City of Los Angeles“), while the second revolved around the Atel Cellular and Pager Company (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whitaker v. Garcetti · Jack N. Whitaker Ramon Portillo, AKA Candido Gutierrez-Elenes Avelino Avalos Eduardo Martinez Virginia Delgado, AKA Edna Cabrera Ricardo Carrizoza, AKA Vicente Lopez-Carrizoza Lauro Rocha Gaxiola Antonio Rocha Gastelum v. Gil Garcetti Curtis A. Hazell David Demerjian Jason Lustig County of Los Angeles, and Willie Williams Dan Harden Horacio Marco Chuck Livingston Keith Lewis City of Los Angeles, Jack N. Whitaker Ramon Portillo, AKA Candido Gutierrez-Elenes Avelino Avalos Eduardo Martinez Virginia Delgado, AKA Edna Cabrera Ricardo Carrizoza, AKA Vicente Lopez-Carrizoza Lauro Rocha Gaxiola Antonio Rocha Gastelum v. Gil Garcetti Curtis A. Hazell David Demerjian Jason Lustig County of Los Angeles Willie Williams Dan Harden Horacio Marco Chuck Livingston Keith Lewis City of Los Angeles“preserving the substance of the Fourth Amendment, respecting the constitutional principles built into the Federal Wiretapping Statute, and applying a proper understanding of the notion of `independence' all demand[ed] holding the wiretapping `hand off' procedure per se unconstitutional.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jack N. Whitaker Ramon Portillo, AKA Candido Gutierrez-Elenes Avelino Avalos Eduardo Martinez Virginia Delgado, AKA Edna Cabrera Ricardo Carrizoza, AKA Vicente Lopez-Carrizoza Lauro Rocha Gaxiola Antonio Rocha Gastelum v. Gil Garcetti Curtis A. Hazell David Demerjian Jason Lustig County of Los Angeles, and Willie Williams Dan Harden Horacio Marco Chuck Livingston Keith Lewis City of Los Angeles, Jack N. Whitaker Ramon Portillo, AKA Candido Gutierrez-Elenes Avelino Avalos Eduardo Martinez Virginia Delgado, AKA Edna Cabrera Ricardo Carrizoza, AKA Vicente Lopez-Carrizoza Lauro Rocha Gaxiola Antonio Rocha Gastelum v. Gil Garcetti Curtis A. Hazell David Demerjian Jason Lustig County of Los Angeles Willie Williams Dan Harden Horacio Marco Chuck Livingston Keith Lewis City of Los Angeles · Whitaker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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