United States v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
625 F.2d 1211 · 1980
Citation profile
74 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably United States v. Phillips (1981), United States v. Berry (1982)
74 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
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
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Wong Sun v. United States · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · United States v. Mendenhall · Brown v. Illinois
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“between the illegal seizure and the consent to search must be independently examined, utilizing the factors set out in Brown in light of the policies to be served by the fourth amendment exclusionary rule. Because the magistrate failed to apply the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person has been “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment only if, in view of all the circumstances surrounding the incident, a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave. 6”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As in Mendenhall, Robinson “was not told that [he] had to go to the office, but was simply asked if he would accompany the offieer[ ]. There were neither threats nor any show of force. [Robinson] had been questioned only briefly, and [his] ticket and identification were returned to [him] before [he] was asked to accompany the officers.””
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.