United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
989 F.2d 1252 · 1993
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 17 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably United States v. Hodge (2001), United States v. Miggins (2002)
28 federal appellate · 17 district · 18 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
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Massachusetts v. Upton · United States v. Angulo-Lopez · United States v. Cruz · United States v. Riedesel
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“away from the suspect's residence” can support a finding of probable cause if”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“observations of illegal activity outside of the home can provide probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant for a suspect's house, even in the absence of an allegation that any illegal activity occurred in the home itself.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the 'veracity' and 'basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”
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.