United States v. Chen’s Empirical Analysis
979 F.2d 714 · 1992
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably 15 Cal. 4th 1229 - People v. Bradford (1997), United States of America v. Theresa Marie Squillacote (2000)
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731
Relies on United States v. Leon · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Brewster v. Derwinski · United States v. McConney
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n cases where there is a flagrant disregard for the terms of the warrant”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“were motivated by considerations of practicality rather than by a desire to engage in indiscriminate 'fishing'.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.