State v. Atkinson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Wasmuth (1988), Nelson v. Lane County (1987)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 27 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Katz v. United States · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · South Dakota v. Opperman · Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · See v. City of Seattle
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a properly authorized administrative program, designed and systematically administered”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“exceptions into numerous, amorphous reasons to intrude on citizens' right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. In this case, the state uses its inherent authority to cut directly at that right, thus eviscerating its own burden. Finally, while I agree with the majority that it is not our role to make policy decisions, I believe the majority's view neglects our role”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"It is not our function to decide as a matter of policy how, and for what purpose, automobiles or other private property that come into official custody should be examined. That is a matter for politically accountable officials to decide by laws, ordinances, or delegations of rulemaking authority." 298 Or. at 6, 688 P.2d 832 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.