Middleton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
2
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Katz v. United States · Payton v. New York · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Texas v. Brown · Sedillo v. United States
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.
“'conducted outside the judicial process, without prior approval by judge or magistrate, are per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment-subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“have a lawful right of access to the object itself.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“For purposes of the Fourth Amendment, ... the threshold of a home is the line that law enforcement officers cannot transgress without judicial authorization .... [T]he Fourth Amendment has drawn a firm line at the entrance to the house. Absent exigent circumstances, that threshold may not be reasonably crossed without a warrant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.