United States v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.3d 55 · 2016
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Ornelas v. United States · United States v. Cortez · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · United States v. Arvizu
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as long as the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person to be detained is committing or has committed a criminal offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“balancing the particular need to search or seize against the privacy interests invaded by such action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“ripen into a de facto arrest that must be based on probable cause.”
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.