United States v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
929 F.2d 442 · 1991
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Smith (2001), 208 Ill. 2d 118 - People v. Johnson (2003)
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 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 18 U.S.C. § 3109 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731
Relies on New Jersey v. T. L. O. · United States v. Wilson · Di Bella v. United States · Dalia v. United States · Democratic Party of the United States v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]ermitting the late filing of such a certificate falls within the discretion of the court”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'reasonably necessary to effectively execute a search warrant.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“. “Claims that otherwise reasonable searches have been conducted in an unconstitutionally unreasonable manner must be judged under the facts and circumstances of each case.” Whether a search is unreasonable because of its intolerable intensity must be determined by the particular facts of each case.”
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.