United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
91 F.3d 1297 · 1996
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3109 · 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Boyd v. United States · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Soberon v. United States
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house, or anything therein, to execute a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance or when necessary to liberate himself or a person aiding him in the execution of the warrant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Richards“If an unlawful search ultimately leads to the seizure of tangible materials, they, too, will be suppressed if their connection is close enough.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“without waiting for a response, . . . broke the window of the garage and began waving a gun through that window”
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.