United States v. La Vecchia’s Empirical Analysis
513 F.2d 1210 · 1975
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently March 2002 · most notably United States v. Modica (1981), United States v. One 56-Foot Motor Yacht Named the Tahuna (1983)
41 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 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. § 371
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Kotteakos v. United States · Chambers v. Maroney · Berger v. United States · Harrington v. California
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a vehicle may be seized even in the absence of probable cause to believe it contains contraband if there is nonetheless probable cause to believe that it was used `to facilitate the transfer of contraband.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) The following shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States and no property right shall exist in them: (1) All controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or acquired in violation of this subchapter. * * * * * * (4) All conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles, or vessels, which are used, or are intended for use, to transport, or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or concealment of property described in paragraph (1) . . (b) Any property subject to forfeiture . under this subchapter may be seized by the Attorney General upon process issued . by any district court of the United States having jurisdiction over the property, except that seizure without such process may be made when.— (1) the seizure is incident to an arrest or a search under a search warrant or an inspection under an administrative inspection warrant. 49 U.S.C. § 781 . Unlawful use of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft; contraband article defined. (a) It shall be unlawful (1) to transport, carry, or convey any contraband article in, upon, or by means of any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft; (2) to conceal or possess any contraband article in or upon any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft; or (3) to use any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to facilitate the transportation, carriage, conveyance, concealment, receipt, possession, purchase, sale, barter, exchange, or giving away of any contraband article. § 782. Seizure and forfeiture. Any vessel, veh”
1 later decision 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.