United States v. Huff’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Motions to reconsider are proper in criminal cases even though the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure do not specifically provide for them. A "district court should have the opportunity to correct alleged errors in its dispositions. A motion to reconsider may be granted when the court has misapprehended the facts, a party’s position, or the law. Specific grounds include: “(1) an intervening change in the controlling law, (2) new evidence previously unavailable, and (3) the need to correct clear error or prevent manifest injustice.” A motion to reconsider should not be used to revisit issues already addressed or advance arguments that could have been raised earlier.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. SFF-TIR, LLC v. Stephenson · United States v. Loera

2. “Upon seeing the uncased weapon [in plain view from outside the vehicle], the officers had the requisite probable cause both to conduct a search of the vehicle and to initiate an arrest based upon this weapons violation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 321 Mich. App. 415 - People of Michigan v. Charles William Wood

3. “We review a district court's decision whether to reconsider a prior ruling for abuse of discretion.”

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