United States v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
425 F.2d 883 · 1970
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 19 U.S.C. § 1604 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1608 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1615 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Burdeau v. McDowell · Steele v. United States No. 1 · Carroll v. United States · Cogen v. United States · Steele v. United States No. 2
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the motion for return of the motor vehicle was an independent proceeding intended for the benefit of a person not a party to the criminal case and not a step in the criminal case”
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.