Lipton v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.2d 591 · 1965
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 4 district · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently March 1998 · most notably Wilson v. Porter (1966), Bailey v. United States (1967)
34 federal appellate · 4 district · 26 state decisions — followed in 16 states
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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2312 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Di Re · Rios v. United States · Taglavore v. United States · Busby v. United States · Washington State Board Against Discrimination v. O'Meara
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * A contrary holding would render unenforceable the State statute requiring that automobile drivers be licensed.” 348 F.2d at 593 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““When appellant was unable to produce the driver’s license in response to officer Snow’s demand, then the officer had probable cause to arrest the appellant, as he did, for violation of § 12951 of the California Vehicle Code. Upon learning via radio from his headquarters that the car was a stolen car in the possession of appellant, the officer then had probable cause for arresting appellant, as was done, on the further charge of driving a stolen vehicle.” (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““A routine spot check of a motorist to ascertain if he has complied with the requirement of possession of a permit is neither unreasonable nor invalid, provided such check is not used as a substitute for a search for evidence of some possible crime unrelated to possession of a driver’s permit.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.