State v. Dearborn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 83 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[p]olice may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant's arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search or it is reasonable to believe the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 380 Wis. 2d 541 - State v. Brian Grandberry · 385 Wis. 2d 515 - State v. Burrows

2. “[w]e have historically interpreted the Wisconsin Constitution's protections in this area identically to the protections under the Fourth Amendment as defined by the United States Supreme Court.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Patrick K. Kozel · 384 Wis. 2d 359 - State v. Baric

3. “acted in the objectively reasonable belief that their conduct did not violate the Fourth Amendment.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Reese · State v. Adam M. Blackman