United States v. Eatherton’s Empirical Analysis
519 F.2d 603 · 1975
Citation profile
102 federal appellate · 6 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 130 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2023 · most notably United States v. Chadwick (1977), United States v. Miller (1978)
102 federal appellate · 6 district · 16 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. § 2113
Relies on Simmons v. United States · Chimel v. California · Neil v. Biggers · Stovall v. Denno · Draper v. United States
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 130 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any expectation of privacy which he held with regard to the briefcase was taken out of 'the realm of protection from police interest in weapons, means of escape, and evidence.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The test of admissibility requires balancing the prejudicial potential of the evidence against its probative value, and that task is committed primarily to the trial court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“- 7 - him, handcuffed him, and placed him in the back of their vehicle. Id. The FBI agents then picked up the briefcase, opened it, and found a loaded gun and three brown ski masks, all of which were later admitted as evidence at trial. Id. Eatherton did not dispute that there was probable cause to arrest him, and he”
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.