Caniglia v. Strom’s Empirical Analysis
2021
Citation profile
47
cited by 47 later decisions
11
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
2 district · 26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Payton v. New York · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · Ker v. State of California · Mincey v. Arizona
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[L]aw enforcement officers may enter private property without a warrant . . . to 'render emergency assistance to an injured occupant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an elderly man is uncharacteristically absent from Sunday church services and repeatedly fails to answer his phone throughout the day and night. A concerned relative calls the police and asks the officers to perform a wellness check.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[a] warrant to enter a home is not required . . . when there is a 'need to assist persons who are seriously injured or threatened with such injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.