United States v. Tortorello’s Empirical Analysis
533 F.2d 809 · 1976
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably United States v. Oates (1977), McMillian v. State (1992)
37 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 2315 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Simmons v. United States · Jones v. United States · Brown v. Illinois
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] concession by the Government on a question of law is never binding on this Court. Thus the Government is free to argue the question ... even if it 'conceded' it during the proceedings below.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) were not on the premises at the time of the contested search and seizure; (b) alleged no proprietary or possessory interest in the premises; and (c) were not charged with an offense that includes, as ' an essential element of the offense charged, possession of the seized evidence at the time of the contested search and seizure.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“suppression of the product of a Fourth Amendment violation can be successfully urged only by those whose rights were violated by the search itself, not by those who are aggrieved solely by the introduction of damaging evidence.”
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.