United States v. Buford’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
6
states following
April 2011
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · United States v. Leon · New York v. Belton · Griffith v. Kentucky · Arizona v. Gant
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`retroactivity doctrine' co-exists with the `good faith' exception, because `it appears that the law applies retroactively but the remedy applies prospectively, so long as the officer reasonably relied on the law at the time.' [Citation.]”
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.