Atkinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 district · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently December 2019 · most notably Nesbit v. Government Employees Insurance (2004), Maryland Division of Labor & Industry v. Triangle General Contractors, Inc. (2001)
2 federal appellate · 6 district · 78 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Tichnell v. State · Farmers & Merchants National Bank v. Schlossberg · NCR Corp. v. Comptroller of the Treasury
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) whether or not the vehicle’s engine is running, or the ignition on,; 2) where and in what position the person is found in the vehicle; 3) whether the person is awake or asleep; 4) where the vehicle’s ignition key is located; 5) whether the vehicle’s headlights are on; 6) whether the vehicle is located in the roadway or is legally parked.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“assess potential danger based upon the circumstances of each case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“You have been stopped or detained and reasonable grounds exist to believe that you have been driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while intoxicated; under the influence of alcohol; so far under the influence of any drug, any combination of drugs, or a combination of one or more drugs and alcohol, or under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance that you could not drive a vehicle safely; or in violation of an Alcohol Restriction. In this state, any person who drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle, on a highway or on any private property that is used by the public in general, is deemed to have consented to take a chemical test to determine the alcohol concentration, or a blood test to determine the drug or controlled dangerous substance content of the person. The chemical test shall be at no cost to you. A test of blood shall be administered if the breath test equipment is unavailable, a test is required to determine the drug or controlled dangerous substance content, or if your injuries require medical treatment. The results of such test or a refusal of such test may be admissible as evidence in any criminal prosecution. You have the right to refuse to submit to the test. If you refuse: The Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) will be notified of your chemical test refusal; your Maryland (MD) driver’s license shall be confiscated; an Order of Suspension issued, and if eligible, a temporary license issued, valid for ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.