United States v. One Parcel of Property Located at 508 Depot Street’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Once the government meets this burden, 'the burden shifts to the party opposing forfeiture to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the property is not subject to forfeiture....'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. One 1982 Chevrolet Corvette, Two-Door Automobile, VIN IG1AY878YC5117138 · United States v. Premises Known as 318 South Third Street

2. “'if the constitution allows in rem forfeiture to be visited upon innocent owners ... the constitution hardly requires proportionality review of forfeitures.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Austin v. United States · United States v. Premises Known as 318 South Third Street

3. “'that the government is exacting too high a penalty in relation to the offense committed,’ ” and remanded the cause for the lower courts to”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 265 Ill. App. 3d 93 - People ex rel. Waller v. 1992 Oldsmobile Station Wagon · Austin v. United States