Mason v. Pulliam’s Empirical Analysis
557 F.2d 426 · 1977
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 2 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 100 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably United States v. Leary (1988), United States v. Rubio (1983)
55 federal appellate · 2 district · 19 state decisions — followed in 11 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
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Rachal v. United States · Miller Et Al. v. United States · United States v. Dichiarinte · United States v. Griffin
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 100 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the basis for search or seizure is consent, the government must conform to the limitations placed upon the right granted to search, seize or retain the papers or effects.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(s)ince (appellee's) action was unilateral and contained no agreement as to duration it was implicitly limited by (appellee's) right to withdraw his consent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“requiring the government to return the taxpayers [sic] records instantly on demand would serve only to frustrate a legitimate government investigation without in any way furthering the purposes of the Fourth Amendment.”
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.