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← 291 FSUPP2D 1132 - Whitaker v. Garcetti

Whitaker v. Garcetti’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2007
most recently cited

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.

  1. “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 majority
  2. “), while the second revolved around the Atel Cellular and Pager Company (”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “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 majority

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.