United States v. McGregor’s Empirical Analysis
650 F.3d 813 · 2011
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 16 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Graham v. Connor · Whren v. United States · New York v. Belton · United States v. Arvizu
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“less than probable cause and more than a naked hunch.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n officer can stop a car if he sees a driver commit a traffic offense, even if the stop is an excuse to investigate something else.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant's arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search or it is reasonable to believe the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest.”
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.