United States v. Maher’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 1482 · 1990
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably United States v. Morgan (1991), Yvonne L. v. New Mexico Department of Human Services (1992)
42 federal appellate · 10 district ·
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 18 U.S.C. § 842
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Brinegar v. United States · Beck v. State of Ohio · Chambers v. Maroney · South Dakota v. Opperman
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Probable cause exists where the facts and circumstances within the officers' knowledge, and of which they have reasonably trustworthy information, are sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a prudent, cautious, trained police officer”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the trailer bore a stolen license plate; the trailer was unregistered; [suspect] was carrying no ownership documents for the trailer; and [suspect] was unable to provide a complete name or address of the person who allegedly sold him the trailer”
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.