State v. Boutot’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It seems to us that the question which determines the thief’s standing is not whether he has gained some proprietary interest in the property greater than that of anyone but the true owner but, rather, whether the search was of an area where, under all the circumstances, the thief had a reasonable expectation of freedom from governmental intrusion.” 325 A.2d at 41 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hamm

2. ““. . . who have reasonable and justified expectations that, because of their ownership, the nature of their occupancy or other possessory right, or their lawful presence on the property, their privacy in the area will not be disturbed ..” (Emphasis added.) 325 A.2d at 38 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hamm

3. ““. . . [Cjapacity to claim the protection of the [Fourth] Amendment depends not upon a property right in the invaded place but upon whether the area was one in which there was a reasonable expectation of privacy from governmental intrusion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hamm