United States v. Antill’s Empirical Analysis
615 F.2d 648 · 1980
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Sedillo v. United States · Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · Martin Theatres of Texas, Inc. v. Bullock · New York Shipping Ass'n v. Federal Maritime Commission
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] law enforcement officer may seize an item in plain view without a warrant if the officer (1) has an independent and legally sufficient justification for being in the position from which he can view the item, (2) immediately recognizes the item as evidence, and (3) discovers the evidence inadvertently.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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