United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 federal appellate · 3 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As Meyer moved the package away from the conveyor belt and detained the package for a canine sniff, he `exert[ed] dominion and control over the package,' that is, the package was seized for Fourth Amendment purposes.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Va Lerie · United States v. Va Lerie

2. “We review the district court's determination of probable cause [to issue an anticipatory warrant] under a clearly erroneous standard, and give considerable deference to the issuing judge's determination of probable cause. We affirm the district court's decision unless it is unsupported by substantial evidence, based on an erroneous interpretation of the law, or, based on the entire record, it is clear that a mistake was made. An anticipatory search warrant should be upheld if independent evidence shows the delivery of contraband will or is likely to occur and the warrant is conditioned on that delivery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Brown

3. “The Fourth Amendment provides that "no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation." To find probable cause to issue a warrant, the issuing magistrate must determine that, in light of all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Brown