United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
467 F.2d 630 · 1972
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2014 · most notably United States v. Chadwick (1977), 9 Cal. 3d 871 - People v. Dumas (1973)
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions — followed in 10 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 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3501 · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Carroll v. United States · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Jones v. United States · Adams v. Williams
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We find little difficulty in concluding that the officers were justified in seizing the closed suitcases. It was not practical to secure a warrant because the suitcases could have been removed from their position outside the apartment building at any moment. The suitcases in this situation were similar to mobile automobiles. See, Carroll v. United States . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you are being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning, if you wish one.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““As they stood in [a] transient and high crime area, their own safety and the safety of others required that they know whether they were holding a dangerous weapon over which they had no control.””
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.