United States v. King’s Empirical Analysis
528 F.2d 68 · 1975
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on Babich v. United States · Walker v. City of Birmingham · Cohen v. United States · United States v. King
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“He is no more the owner of the tapes and transcripts of the conversations made by the government than he is the owner of mental impressions and memories of the government agents who intercepted the conversations. A Rule 41(e) motion is therefore not available to compel their return.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“where allegations, even if proved, would not justify relief”
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.