United States v. Salinas-Calderon’s Empirical Analysis
728 F.2d 1298 · 1984
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. United States (1985), United States v. Espinosa (1985)
34 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 8 U.S.C. § 1324 (§ 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Terry v. Ohio · Carroll v. United States · Brinegar v. United States · Florida v. Royer
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“hold a subjective belief that he has a basis for making the arrest”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where the facts and circumstances known to the police are sufficient in themselves to warrant a prudent officer in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“general investigatory authority to inquire into possible immigration violations.”
2 later decisions 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.