United States v. Schmidt’s Empirical Analysis
947 F.2d 362 · 1991
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably United States v. Arambula-Ruiz (1993), United States v. Pitts (1993)
54 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 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. § 1956 (§ 1352 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)
Relies on United States v. Leon · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Sedillo v. United States · Oklahoma v. Arkansas · United States v. Spilotro
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'under the totality of circumstances, the magistrate had a substantial basis for concluding that probable cause existed.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In doubtful cases, preference should be given to the validity of the warrant.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“magistrate's determination of probable cause is treated with great deference and is not reviewed de novo,”
4 later decisions 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.