United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
441 F.2d 28 · 1971
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
4
states following
December 1975
most recently cited
11 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 472
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Katz v. United States · Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · Jones 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a serious intrusion upon the sanctity of the person, which may inflict great indignity and arouse strong resentment, and is not to be undertaken lightly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schraff v. State
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.