United States v. Michael’s Empirical Analysis
622 F.2d 744 · 1980
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Katz v. United States · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Chambers v. Maroney · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Boyd 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“only reasonable suspicion existed—at the time the beeper was installed—to believe that the defendant was connected with the criminal activity of another suspect (for whom probable cause did exist).”
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.