United States v. Aldaz’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 227 · 1990
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently October 2021 · most notably United States v. Glover (1997), 82 Wash. App. 594 - State v. Jackson (1996)
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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 United States v. Place · United States v. Van Leeuwen · United States v. Hillison · United States of America v. Michael Francis Lafrance, et al. · United States v. Mayomi
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by assessing the reasonableness of its components.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“based upon the facts, was the delay in handling the packages unreasonable?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Postal authorities may seize and detain packages if they have a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity.”
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.