Giordenello v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
833 federal appellate · 102 district · 1,117 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,575 later decisions (101 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Illinois v. Gates (1983), Wong Sun v. United States (1963)
833 federal appellate · 102 district · 1,117 state decisions — followed in 47 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedGiordenello v. United States (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. United States · United States v. Rabinowitz · United States v. Di Re · Agnello v. United States
Cited together with Aguilar v. Texas · Jones v. United States · Johnson v. United States · United States v. Ventresca · Draper v. United States
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 2,575 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The complaint contains no affirmative allegation that the affiant spoke with personal knowledge of the matters contained therein; it does not indicate any sources for the complainant’s belief; and it does not set forth any other sufficient basis upon which a finding of probable cause could be made.””
68 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The undersigned complainant [Finley] being duly sworn states: That on or about January 26, 1956, at Houston, Texas in the Southern District of Texas, Yeto Giordenello did receive, conceal, etc., narcotic drugs, to-wit: heroin hydrochloride with knowledge of unlawful importation; in violation of Section 174, Title 21, United States Code. “And the complainant further states that he believes that---are material witnesses in relation to this charge.””
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“at this stage would unfairly deprive petitioner[s] of an adequate opportunity to respond.”
10 later decisions 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.