United States v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 state decisions

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A Terry stop requires only a “minimal level of objective justification.” ... An officer may initiate a Terry stop based not on certainty but on the need “to ‘check out’ a reasonable suspicion.” Moreover, whether reasonable suspicion exists depends on the totality of circumstances as “ ‘viewed through the eyes of a reasonable and cautious police officer on the scene, guided by his experience and training.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 876 F. Supp. 2d 39 - Olaniyi v. District of Columbia

2. “give due weight to inferences drawn from ... facts by the district court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Spanski Enters., Inc. v. Telewizja Polska, S.A.