United States v. Lefkowitz’s Empirical Analysis
618 F.2d 1313 · 1980
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 6 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently May 2013 · most notably State v. Perez (2009), United States v. Williams (1984)
71 federal appellate · 6 district · 11 state decisions — followed in 10 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 Wong Sun v. United States · Franks v. Delaware · Aguilar v. Texas · Rakas v. Illinois · Johnson 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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'the affidavit contains intentionally or recklessly false statements'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“affidavits marred by omissions of facts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... Certain aspects of the information were independently corroborated by information already known to the [government].... The information was given to the [government] in circumstances subjecting the informants to possible personal or penal risk.... In addition, [the informants'] stories corroborated each other. 38 618 F.2d at 1316 (citations omitted) (emphasis added); see also United States v. Prueitt, supra, 540 F.2d at 1005 (factors from which reliability can be verified include”
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.