United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 893 · 1973
Citation profile
155 federal appellate · 18 district · 65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 298 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2025 · most notably National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab (1989), United States v. $19191000 in US Currency R (1994)
155 federal appellate · 18 district · 65 state decisions — followed in 27 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. § 3402
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Katz v. United States · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Chimel v. California · 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 298 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“conducted as part of a general regulatory scheme in furtherance of an administrative purpose, rather than as part of a criminal investigation to secure evidence of crime.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“as is consistent with the satisfaction of the administrative need that justifies it.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“... To the extent that administrative searches are used for purposes other than those contemplated by the regulatory scheme, they may fall outside the rationale by virtue of which we have approved them. Specifically, in Davis we recognized the danger that ‘the screening of passengers ... will be subverted into a general search for evidence of crime’. Should that danger materialize, ... we would not hesitate to exclude the evidence so obtained. (Citas omitidas.) U.S. v. $124,570 U.S. Currency, supra, pág. 1243.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.