United States v. Glover’s Empirical Analysis

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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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As we have emphasized, the police did not acquire any information about the contents of Glover’s car when they impounded it, and there was absolutely no causal nexus between the seizure and the subsequently issued search warrant. Had the police officers simply maintained their surveillance of Glover’s car for several hours and impounded it after the apartment search had been completed, the car’s contents would have been discovered and unquestionably admitted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Browne v. People · Melendez v. People

2. “there was ample evidence to support the officers' belief that probable cause existed when they impounded the car. Additionally, if called upon to determine the issue, we would, on this record, in all likelihood find probable cause present for the impoundment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States of America v. Servance Jr