Lowe v. Hopper’s Empirical Analysis
501 F.2d 952 · 1974
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
September 1983
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
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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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . the length of time since the property came into his possession, whether he had left the items unprotected during that time, whether other means were available to protect himself, whether a record was made of the contents of the bag, etc. We do not know whether the letter was sealed or unsealed, whether there was a police policy of making an invento ry, and whether any record was made of the items inventoried.” At 953-954.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Georgia Supreme Court did not, however, address the aspect of whether, once the officer had possession of the letter, he violated the Fourth Amendment by extracting it from among the papers turned over to him for safekeeping, opening it, reading it, and thereby discovering its incriminating nature.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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