United States v. Parcels of Real Property with the Building, Appurtenances & Improvements Known as 1933 Commonwealth Avenue’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 1 · 1990
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably United States v. Plat 20, Lot 17 (1992), United States v. Parcel of Land & Residence at 28 Emery Street (1990)
18 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 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
Applies 19 U.S.C. § 1615 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 21 U.S.C. § 881 (§ 511 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · United States v. Banco Cafetero Panama · United States v. Four Million, Two Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand · United States v. $250000 in United States Currency · United States v. Premises Known as 3639-2nd St., N.E.
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well established that '[h]earsay may contribute to probable cause for issuance of a [forfeiture] warrant, if there is substantial basis for crediting the hearsay.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the government must show that 'the property was connected with illegal drug transactions,' it need not 'link[ ] the property to a particular transaction.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In order to satisfy [the probable cause] standard, the evidence must rise above the level of mere suspicion but can be supported by less than prima facie proof.”
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.