Meier v. Keller’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.2d 548 · 1975
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Martinson (1987), United States v. Smith (2001)
30 federal appellate · 3 district · 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
Relies on United States v. Calandra · Di Bella v. United States · Douglas v. City of Jeannette · Molinaro v. New Jersey · Infelice 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the motion is solely for return of property and is in no way tied to a criminal prosecution In esse against the movant.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This independent anomalous jurisdiction extends to federal law enforcement officers who have failed to observe standards for law enforcement established by federal rules governing searches and seizures. * * * The purposes for which a court may exercise its general equity jurisdiction are twofold: (1) to suppress evidence prior to indictment — to “ * * * reach forward to control the improper preparation of evidence which is to be used in a case coming before it * * *” and (2) to deter unlawful conduct of law enforcement officials through the exclusion of evidence obtained illegally — “* * * by summary procedure restrain .oppressive or unlawful conduct of its own officers.” [Citations and footnotes deleted.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(e) Motion for Return of Property. A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure may move the district court for the district in which the property was seized for the return of the property on the ground that he is entitled to lawful possession of the property which was illegally seized. The judge shall receive evidence on any issue of fact necessary to the decision of the motion. If the motion is granted the property shall be restored and it shall not be admissible in evidence at any hearing or trial. If a motion for return of property is made or comes on for hearing in the district of trial after an indictment or information is filed, it shall be treated also as a motion to suppress under Rule 12.”
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.