United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 1162 · 1995
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States v. Conatser (2008), United States v. Weaver (1996)
21 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
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. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 1623 · 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 247 · 18 U.S.C. § 3 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on United States v. Leon · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Sedillo v. United States · United States v. Chadwick
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Indeed, most Courts of Appeals have held that a court may construe a warrant with reference to a supporting application or affidavit if the warrant uses appropriate words of incorporation, and if the supporting document accompanies the warrant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“that members and non-members of the temple and community center, such as guests, could claim that the acts of defendants violated their right to use this property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sines v. Kessler
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.