People v. Doerbecker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “That expectation, however, was only one of the elements to be considered in determining the reasonableness of the search. Also relevant was the relatively limited extent of the intrusion on the privacy when measured against the justification which existed for it. Here, the intrusion was lesser rather than greater, not extending into the primary building at all; at the same time the justification — the preservation of the public safety — was more than adequate. [Citation omitted].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Myers