United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.3d 656 · 2011
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1111 · 18 U.S.C. § 113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3559
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Horton v. California · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Harris v. United States · Harrington v. Richter
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“officers may seize an object without a warrant if they are lawfully in a position from which they view the object, the incriminating character of the object is immediately apparent, and the officers have a lawful right of access to the object.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Riggs v. Gibbs
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.