United States v. Roundtree’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.2d 672 · 1979
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Sibron v. State of New York Peters · United States v. Oates · United States v. Michel · United States v. Elmore
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“very obvious, large bulge on the right inside calf”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts,”
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.