Commonwealth v. Estabrook’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
35 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2701 (§ 201 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2703 (§ 201 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · United States v. Leon · Franks v. Delaware · Brown v. Illinois · United States v. Calandra
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“demonstrate 'probable cause to believe [1] that a particular described offense has been, is being, or is about to be committed, and [2] that [there is a substantial basis to believe that the CSLI being] sought will produce evidence of such offense or will aid in the apprehension of a person who the applicant has probable cause to believe has committed, is committing, or is about to commit such offense.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“whether [defendant's cell phone] ... was located near the victim's home on the night of the shooting and, therefore, whether [defendant] was in the area of the shooting when it occurred”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“by exploitation of ... [the illegal search] or instead by means sufficiently distinguishable to be purged of the primary taint.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.