United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
951 F.2d 1291 · 1991
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 19 district · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably 102 Ohio App. 3d 585 - State v. Carlson (1995), United States v. Hassan El (1993)
54 federal appellate · 19 district · 33 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 28 U.S.C. § 291
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Brinegar v. United States · Rakas v. Illinois · Rawlings v. Kentucky · Scott v. United States
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Fourth Amendment does not bar the police from stopping and questioning motorists when they witness or suspect a violation of traffic laws, even if the offense is a minor one.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonably prudent man in the circumstances would be warranted in the belief that his safety or that of others was in danger.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[e]ven a relatively minor offense that would not of itself lead to an arrest can provide a basis for a stop for questioning and inspection of the driver's permit and registration.' " Id. (citations omitted). 4 B. Sentencing 15 Hill claims that the base sentencing offense level recommended in the presentencing report and adopted by the district court below is incorrect. The base sentencing offense level, Hill contends, should be set at 20, rather than at 24, because his 1976 conviction for attempted robbery was incorrectly designated as a "crime of violence.”
2 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.