United States v. Cotter’s Empirical Analysis
701 F.3d 544 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Terry v. Ohio · Wong Sun v. United States · Illinois v. Wardlow · United States v. Davis
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the Terry stop was proper, the district court also did not err in refusing to suppress ... [the] confession, as it was not the fruit of the poisonous tree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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