Marshall v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
422 F.2d 185 · 1970
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 2 district · 40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently December 2007 · most notably United States v. Harflinger (1970), United States v. Worthington (1977)
55 federal appellate · 2 district · 40 state decisions — followed in 12 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 26 U.S.C. § 5821 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5841 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5848 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5851 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Ker v. State of California · Leary v. United States · Harris v. United States · Marchetti v. United States · Grosso 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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plain view rule does not go into hibernation at sunset.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘A search implies an examination of one’s premises or person with a view to the discovery of contraband or evidence of guilt to be used in prosecution of a criminal action. The term implies exploratory investigation or quest. Haerr v. United States, 5 Cir. 1957, 240 F.2d 533, 535 .’ ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Turner v. State · Alcorn v. State“It has long been settled that objects falling in the plain view of an officer who has a right to be in the position to have that view are subject to seizure and may be introduced in evidence.”
3 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.