United States v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
520 F.3d 531 · 2008
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably United States v. Bell (2009), Bloemker v. Laborers' Local 265 Pension Fund (2010)
15 federal appellate · 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Whren v. United States · United States v. Hensley · Illinois v. Krull · Knowles v. Iowa
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 seizure for an ongoing violation of any crime — no matter how minor — is governed by the standard of reasonable suspicion, not probable cause,” even though the probable cause standard applies to completed misdemeanors)). 2 . Officer Jackson’s testimony was partially inconsistent. During the first motion-to-suppress hearing, Officer Jackson testified that the plate was”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“as applying to a Texas-registered vehicle); State v. Hayes , 8 Kan.App.2d 531 , 660 P.2d 1387 , 1389 (1983) (interpreting Kansas statute and concluding that”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Horton“the display of an illegible or obscured vehicle tag is a violation ... even if the vehicle is duly licensed in another state”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Horton
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.