United States v. Doty’s Empirical Analysis
714 F.2d 761 · 1983
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · Jones v. United States · Adams v. Williams
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“simply to make a practical common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the 'veracity' and 'basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. And the duty of a reviewing court is simply to ensure that the magistrate had a 'substantial basis for ... conclud[ing]' that probable cause existed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given the infeasibility of retaining such a large quantity of marijuana for any lengthof time, as well as the fact that samples were taken for testing and proof of the plants’ status as contraband, we are unwilling to attribute any bad faith to the officers' action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in a common-sense and realistic fashion, and deference is to be accorded an issuing magistrate's determination of probable cause,”
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.