United States v. Mendonsa’s Empirical Analysis
989 F.2d 366 · 1993
Citation profile
67 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Sira v. Morton (2004), United States v. Allen (2000)
67 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 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 18 U.S.C. § 3109 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Leon · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · 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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A magistrate judge may issue a search warrant if, under the totality of the circumstances, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular location.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[M]ere confirmation of innocent static details is insufficient to support an anonymous tip.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n anonymous tip, without more, does not constitute probable cause.”
5 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.