71 Cal. 2d 1096 - People v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 federal appellate · 500 state decisions

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 547 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘We can readily ascribe many reasons why residents would not want their castaway clothing, letters, medicine bottles or other telltale refuse and trash to be examined by neighbors or others, at least not until the trash had lost its identity and meaning by becoming part of a large conglomeration of trash elsexchere. Half truths leading to rumor and gossip may readily flow from an attempt to “read” the contents of another’s trash.’ (Emphasis in original.) (Citations omitted.)”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 123 Wis. 2d 303 - State v. Stevens · United States v. Certain Real Property Located at 987 Fisher Road

2. “` whether the person has exhibited a reasonable expectation of privacy, and, if so, whether that expectation has been violated....'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1 Cal. 3d 404 - People v. McGrew · People v. Newell

3. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses and other property, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. No warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Beltz v. State · 1 Cal. 3d 80 - People v. Bradley