United States v. Rahme’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.2d 31 · 1987
Citation profile
84 federal appellate · 5 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 132 later decisions — most recently February 2023 · most notably United States v. Maldonado-Rivera (1990), United States v. Diaz (1999)
84 federal appellate · 5 district · 18 state decisions — followed in 16 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952
Relies on Rakas v. Illinois · Rawlings v. Kentucky · United States v. Salvucci · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Abel v. United States
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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[ Wie have held that once the guest's access to the room is no longer his 'exelusive right,' he has no legitimate expectation of privacy in the room even though he himself still has access.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prompt the listener to respond in a way that facilitates the carrying out of criminal activity,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a hotel guest's rental period has expired or been lawfully terminated, the guest does not have a legitimate expectation of privacy in the hotel room or in any article therein of which the hotel lawfully takes possession.”
2 later decisions 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.