Blinder, Robinson & Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 1549 · 1990
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Ramsden v. United States (1993), United States v. Roberts (1996)
20 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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
Relies on Di Bella v. United States · United States v. Ryan · United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co. · Zurcher v. Stanford Daily · Voss v. Bergsgaard
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure or by the deprivation of property may move ... for the return of the property on the ground that such person is entitled to lawful possession of the property.... If the motion is granted, the property shall be returned to the movant, although reasonable conditions may be imposed to protect access and use of the property in subsequent proceedings. If a motion for return of property is made or comes on for hearing ... after an indictment or information is filed, it shall be treated also as a motion to suppress under Rule 12.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because [of] the effect of a successful motion for the return of property ... such a motion [is] properly appealable only where it [is] truly a motion for the return of property unrelated to a pending criminal proceeding----[A] ruling on a motion to suppress evidence is interlocutory when a criminal prosecution is in esse. Therefore, the appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review such rulings____[Ojnly if the motion is solely for return of property and is in no way tied to a criminal prosecution in esse against the movant can the proceedings be regarded as independent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“both because of the amendment to Rule 41(e) and because of appellants' representations that they do not seek suppression in this action, we conclude that it is one 'solely' for the return of property as to both appellants....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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