William J. Stone v. Wayne K. Patterson, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary’s Empirical Analysis
468 F.2d 558 · 1972
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
3
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
15 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Chimel v. California · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Adams v. Williams · Chambers v. Maroney
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A brief stop of a suspicious individual in order to determine his identity or to maintain the status quo momentarily while obtaining more information, may be most reasonable in light of the facts known to the officer at the time.””
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.