8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 54 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Grady v. North Carolina.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grady v. North Carolina Anchor | green | “the reasonableness of a search depends on the totality of the circumstances, including the nature and purpose of the search and the extent to which the search intrudes upon reasonable privacy expectations.” | 21 |
| 2 | Samson v. California | green | “have severely diminished expectations of privacy by virtue of their status alone.” | 9 |
| 3 | State v. Bowditch | green | “it is beyond dispute that convicted felons do not enjoy the same measure of constitutional protections, including the expectation of privacy under the fourth amendment, as do citizens who have not been convicted of a felony.” | 6 |
| 4 | Grady v. North Carolina | green | “effects a fourth amendment search.” | 5 |
| 5 | Moore v. Knightdale Board of Elections | green | “the presumption of constitutionality is not, however, and should not be, conclusive.” | 4 |
| 6 | Standley v. Town of Woodfin | green | “any place intended primarily for the use, care, or supervision of minors, including, but not limited to, schools, children's museums, child care centers, nurseries, and playgrounds,” | 3 |
| 7 | Michael Belleau v. Edward Wall | green | “it's untrue that 'the gps device burdens liberty . . . by its continuous surveillance of the offender's activities'; it just identifies locations; it doesn't reveal what the wearer of the device is doing at any of the locations.” | 3 |
| 8 | State v. Grady | green | “as applied to this particular defendant.” | 3 |
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