United States v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis
376 F.3d 705 · 2004
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2023 · most notably Bertin v. United States (2007), United States v. Machado (2006)
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 983 · 28 U.S.C. § 1658 · 28 U.S.C. § 2401
Relies on Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. · Polanco v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration · Okoro v. Bohman · Okoro v. Callaghan · United States of America v. Gabriel Rodriguez-Aguirre Eleno Aguirre
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.
“A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure of property or by the deprivation of property may move for the property’s return. The motion must be filed in the district where the property was seized. The court must receive evidence on any factual issue necessary to decide the motion. If it grants the motion, the court must return the property to the movant, but may impose reasonable conditions to protect access to the property and its use in later proceedings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the claimant knows that he has a present right to its return, and shouldn't be permitted to postpone his request for its return indefinitely.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The district court correctly determined that the six-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2401(a) applies [to Rule 41(g) motions].”
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.