Meredith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably Michael Day v. State of Indiana (2016), Reinhart v. State (2010)
1 federal appellate · 46 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 Whren v. United States · Delaware v. Prouse · Berkemer v. McCarty · California v. Beheler · Pirtle v. State
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“afresh any legal question of the constitutionality of a search or seizure.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Because a traffic stop is a seizure under the Fourth Amendment, police may not initiate a stop for any conceivable reason, but must possess at least reasonable suspicion that a traffic law has been violated or that other criminal activity is taking place. An officer’s decision to stop a vehicle is valid so long as his on-the-spot evaluation reasonably suggests that lawbreaking occurred.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a)The bureau may issue an interim license plate to a dealer or manufacturer who is licensed and has been issued a license plate under section 1 [IC 9-18-26-1] of this chapter. (b) The bureau shall prescribe the form of an interim license plate issued under this section. However, a plate must bear the assigned registration number and provide sufficient space for the expiration date as provided in subsection (c). (c) Whenever- a dealer or manufacturer sells a motor vehicle,, the dealer or manufacturer may provide the buyer with an interim license plate. The dealer shall, in the manner provided by the secretary of state, affix on the plate in numerals and letters at least three (3) inches high the date on which the interim license plate expires. (d).An interim license plate authorizes a motor vehicle owner to operate the vehicle for a maximum period of thirty-one (31) days after the date of delivery of the vehicle to the vehicle's owner or until a regular license plate is issued, whichever occurs first. (e) A motor vehicle that is required by law to display license plates on the front and rear of the vehicle is only required to display a single interim plate. ,”
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.