United States v. Bernard’s Empirical Analysis
757 F.2d 1439 · 1985
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 1 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably State v. Wiles (1991), United States v. White (1989)
48 federal appellate · 1 district · 18 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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · United States v. Tucker · Rideout v. United States · Cleveland v. United States · United States v. Bowdach
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Quantity ... is not a consideration in cases of simple possession under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 844 (a).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The district court found that the warrantless protective sweep of Bernard's curtilage was necessary for the officers’ safety and, therefore, within the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement. This finding must be sustained unless clearly erroneous.”); United States v. Olmstead, 698 F.2d 224 , 226 (4th Cir.1983) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Han
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.