United States v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Conduct which appears innocent to a lay person may have entirely different significance to an experienced ... officer.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Bowen · United States v. Iwai

2. “First. The trial judge’s findings that certain facts occurred, the weight accorded to the evidence and the credibility of witnesses are reviewed under the deferential, clearly erroneous standard.... Second. The selection by the trial court of the applicable law is reviewed de novo. Third. The application of the law to the facts as established by the district court is subject to de novo review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Castillo

3. “When police officers, acting on probable cause and in good faith, reasonably believe from the totality of circumstances that (a) evidence or contraband will imminently be destroyed or (b) the nature of the crime or character of the suspects) pose a risk of danger to the arresting officers or third persons, exigent circumstances justify a warrantless entry, search or seizure of the premises.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Perdomo