United States v. Turbyfill’s Empirical Analysis
525 F.2d 57 · 1975
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 district · 28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably Pavao v. Pagay (2002), United States v. Williams (1987)
20 federal appellate · 2 district · 28 state decisions — followed in 20 states
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 Coolidge v. New Hampshire · United States v. Matlock · Sedillo v. United States · Harris v. United States · Frey 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.
“An invitation or consent to enter a house may be implied as well as expressed. There was no error in the determination of the district court that the action of Church in the opening of the door and stepping back constituted an implied invitation to enter.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * It has long been settled that objects falling in the plain view of an officer who has a right to be in the position to have that view are subject to seizure and may be introduced in evidence.* * *” (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“occupant of indefinite duration rather than a casual visitor”
2 later decisions 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.