United States v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis
882 F.2d 147 · 1989
Citation profile
72 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably United States v. Lara-Velasquez (1990), United States v. Cardenas (1993)
72 federal appellate · 12 state decisions — followed in 10 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)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Cortez · Alexander v. United States · Andrijevic v. Kelleran · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘Probable cause determinations are not to be made on the basis of factors considered in isolation, but rather on the totality of the circumstances.’ United States v. Reed, 882 F.2d 147 , 149 (5th Cir.1989). ‘The factors relevant to probable cause are not technical ones, but rather factual and practical ones of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent persons, not legal technicians, act.’ Id. (quoting United States v. Tarango-Hinojos, 791 F.2d 1174 , 1176 (5th Cir.1986))””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In reviewing the district court’s ruling on a motion to suppress based on testimony at a suppression hearing, we must accept the district court’s factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous or are influenced by an incorrect view of the law. We must also view the evidence in the light most favorable to the party that prevailed below.”
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.