United States v. White’s Empirical Analysis
766 F.2d 22 · 1985
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 12 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably United States v. Twine (1988), United States v. Peveto (1989)
41 federal appellate · 12 district · 4 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 20 · 18 U.S.C. § 3109 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Stafford v. Oklahoma · Weatherford v. Bursey · Cryts v. French · Consolidated Edison Co. of New York 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] finding of probable cause can be supported by less evidence than is required to support a conviction, and not all plausible lawful explanations of the situation must be negated.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit ..., 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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“abolished 'diminished capacity' as a defense.”
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.