State v. Butler’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
6
states following
May 2016
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Wong Sun v. United States · Whren v. United States · United States v. Cortez · Delaware v. Prouse
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he mere presence of a temporary tag on the back of a car, without more, is insufficient to provide a reasonable suspicion that the driver is violating registration or insurance laws or that the driver is otherwise involved in criminal activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lord“`less than the level of suspicion required for probable cause.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Taylor
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.