United States v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
787 F.3d 101 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3731
Relies on Sibron v. State of New York Peters · Devenpeck v. Alford · United States v. Montoya De Hernandez · 135 S. Ct. 1609 - Rodriguez v. United States · United States v. Elmore
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reasonable officer, once he had had a chance to view Watson up close, could not have reasonably believed he was Butler.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Bey“material differences [between the men] would have been apparent to any reasonable officer[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Bey“the search of Watson was objectively unreasonable”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Bey
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.