United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
525 F.2d 1275 · 1976
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Chambers v. Maroney · Sedillo v. United States · Almeida-Sanchez 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no per se exemption from the warrant requirement for automobiles.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the extraordinary specificity of the government's advance knowledge and planning of the search over . . . a prolonged time period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a planned warrantless seizure . . . without any unforeseeable or actual unforeseen circumstances.”
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.