United States v. William Conner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “LimeWire ... connects] network participants directly and allowfs] them to download files from one another. To download a file, a LimeWire user opens the application and inputs a search term. LimeWire then displays a list of files that match the search terms and that are available for download from other LimeWire users. When a user downloads a file using the LimeWire network, he or she causes a digital copy of a file on another user’s computer to be transferred to his or her own computer. United States v. Flyer, 633 F.3d 911, 913 (9th Cir.2011) (internal citations omitted). By default, LimeWire stores downloaded files in a shared folder that is accessible to other LimeWire users. United States v. Budziak, 697 F.3d 1105, 1108 (9th Cir.2012).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Riley

2. “should not be surprised should some of them open the door without knocking.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Phipps