United States v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.3d 921 · 2017
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Whren v. United States · United States v. Arvizu · United States v. Wood · United States v. Alcaraz-Arellano · United States v. Salzano
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A traffic stop must be justified at its inception and, in general, the officer's actions during the stop must be reasonably related in scope to the circumstances that initially justified it. A stop may, however, be extended beyond that scope... if the police have a reasonable suspicion that other illegal activity has occurred or is occurring .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, accept the district court's findings of fact unless they are clearly erroneous, and review de novo the ultimate question of reasonableness under the Fourth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he government bears the burden of proving reasonable suspicion”
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.