United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
648 F.3d 654 · 2011
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · United States v. Hensley · United States v. Jones · United States v. Edwards · United States of America v. Luis Navarrete-Barron, A/k/aluis Navarrete.
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“take any measures that are 'reasonably necessary to protect their personal safety and to maintain the status quo during the course of the stop.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Waters v. Madson“relinquished any legitimate expectation of privacy”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.