United States v. Sealey’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.2d 1028 · 1987
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 7 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently December 2014 · most notably United States v. Rodriguez (1989), United States v. Van Poyck (1996)
44 federal appellate · 7 district · 10 state decisions
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)
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · United States v. Matlock · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community 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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen findings are based on determinations regarding the credibility of witnesses, great deference is given to the trial court's findings.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As part owner and occupant, Julie had mutual access to the entire premises and valid authority to consent to the search of the garage.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“joint access or control for most purposes”
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.