United States v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
504 F.2d 849 · 1974
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1708
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Aguilar v. Texas · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Spinelli v. United States · Jackson v. Denno
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.
““The case of Warden v. Hayden [ 387 U.S. 294 , 87 S.Ct. 1642 , 18 L.Ed.2d 782 ] where the Court elaborated a ‘hot pursuit’ justification for the police entry into the defendant’s house without a warrant for his arrest, certainly stands by negative implication for the proposition that an arrest warrant is required in the absence of exigent circumstances.””
2 later decisions 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.