United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
425 F.2d 630 · 1970
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Schmerber v. State of California · Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · Bumper v. North Carolina · McDonald 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'objective, articulable facts that would reasonably lead an experienced, prudent customs official to suspect' that she was concealing contraband on her body.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'objective, articulable facts' in the record to support Inspector McCown's suspicion. If such facts existed, it was incumbent upon the government to prove them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.