United States v. Gunnell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 3 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, this court reviews 'legal conclusions de novo and factual findings for clear error.' " United States v. Morris , 915 F.3d 552 , 555 (8th Cir. 2019) (quoting United States v. Woods , 747 F.3d 552 , 555 (8th Cir. 2014) ). We will affirm the district court "unless the denial of the motion is unsupported by substantial evidence, based on an erroneous interpretation of the law, or, based on the entire record, it is clear that a mistake was made.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Polite · U.S. v. Sallis

2. “Reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, this court reviews 'legal conclusions de novo and factual findings for clear error.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. U.S. v. Sallis · United States v. Eric Sallis

3. “[I]f a defendant is detained incident to a traffic stop, the officer does not need reasonable suspicion to continue the detention until the purpose of the traffic stop has been completed. Occupants ... may be detained while the officer completes a number of routine but somewhat time-consuming tasks related to the traffic violation. These tasks can include a computerized check of the vehicle’s registration and the driver’s license and criminal history, as well as the preparation of a citation or warning. The officer may also ask questions about the occupant’s travel itinerary.”

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