Merrett v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
77 F.3d 1304 · 1996
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 2000
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carroll v. United States · United States v. Mendenhall · Delaware v. Prouse · Florida v. Bostick · South Dakota v. Opperman
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t would be intolerable and unreasonable if a prohibition agent were authorized to stop every automobile on the chance of finding liquor....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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