Williams v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
323 F.2d 90 · 1963
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently November 1995 · most notably Peterbilt-Southern Sales, Inc. v. Pacific Car & Foundry Co. (1963), Diaz-Rosendo v. United States (1966)
32 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 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 Wong Sun v. United States · Mapp v. Ohio · Brinegar v. United States · Jones v. United States · Ker v. State of California
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`"The substance of all the definitions" of probable cause "is a reasonable ground for belief of guilt." * * * Probable cause exists where "the facts and circumstances within their [the officers'] knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are] sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that" an offense has been or is being committed. * * *'"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““This rule is particularly applicable where the property seized was taken from a stolen automobile to which the defendants had no title or legal right to possession. United States v. Serrano, 2 Cir., 317 F.2d 356 ; Anno. 78 A.L.R.2d 246 , § 8; Anno. 50 A.L.R.2d 531 , § 10; Jones v. United States, supra, [ 362 U.S. 257 , 80 S.Ct. 725 , 4 L.Ed.2d 697 ] recognize this principle.” ( 323 F.2d at 95 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the facts and circumstances within their [the officers'] knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are] sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Raigosa v. State
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.