United States v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.3d 779 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 9 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Caballes · City of Indianapolis v. Edmond · Knowles v. Iowa · 135 S. Ct. 1609 - Rodriguez v. United States · United States v. Boyce
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Reasonable suspicion 'exists when an officer is aware of specific, articulable facts which, when considered with objective and reasonable inferences, form a basis for particularized suspicion.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an officer may prolong a traffic stop if the prolongation itself is supported by independent reasonable suspicion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When stopping an individual for a minor traffic violation, 'an officer's mission includes ordinary inquiries incident to the traffic stop.' " Evans , 786 F.3d at 786 (quoting Rodriguez , 135 S.Ct. at 1615 ). These involve "checking the driver's license, determining whether there are outstanding warrants against the driver, and inspecting the automobile's registration and proof of insurance,”
1 later decision 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.