United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
582 F.3d 199 · 2009
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2023 · most notably United States v. Camacho (2011), United States v. Hart (2012)
17 federal appellate · 12 district ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Florida v. Royer · Ornelas v. United States · Whren 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he reasonable suspicion justifying a Terry stop must be more than an 'inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“reasonable suspicion arises not just from the combination of facts, but from their progression”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Qin“inferences made by police officers based on their 'experience and expertise’”
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.