Kopko v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 564 · 28 U.S.C. § 566
Relies on Katz v. United States · Olmstead v. United States · Berger v. New York · Commonwealth v. Blystone · P.J.S. v. Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“although the Court in Leet and Kline recognized the common law authority of deputy sheriffs to make arrests, it did not discover any legislative authority empowering them to act as police officers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Constables, county detectives, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, waterways patrolmen and game protectors shall perform all those duties authorized or imposed on them by statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“involve neither breaches of the peace for which sight arrests may be made nor summary offenses for which citations may issue,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.