United States v. Chad Soderman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the defendant “retained a degree of free movement” in a police car because he “was neither handcuffed nor forced to sit in the back seat”
• holding that stop was justifiably extended due to the driver’s “legal inability to remove the vehicle from the scene and the consequential need for a licensed driver or a tow truck to do so”
• holding that stop was justifiably extended due to the driver’s “legal inability to remove the vehicle from the scene and the consequential need for a licensed driver or a tow truck to do so”
• explaining that “complications [that] arise” during a traffic stop can justify “detain[ing] [the] driver . . . longer” (citation omitted)
• finding these facts evidenced “a degree of free movement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Eighth Circuit· 2022-07-13· cited 7×
• United States v. David Allen
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-08-09· cited 7×
• United States v. Joshua Duggar
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-08-07· cited 5×
• United States v. Willie Navarette
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-05-06· cited 4×
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  Eighth Circuit· 2022-05-17· cited 4×
• United States v. Billy Puckett
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-06-11· cited 3×
• United States v. Anthony Ward
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-06-11· cited 1×
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  Eighth Circuit· 2024-07-16
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  Eighth Circuit· 2024-12-09
• United States v. Charles Hamber
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-02-05
• United States v. Alex Johnson
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-02-12
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Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Berkemer v. McCarty
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 4,856×
• Chambers v. Maroney
  Supreme Court· 1970-10-12· cited 4,391×
• Cady v. Dombrowski
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 2,465×
• Rodriguez v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2015-04-21· cited 2,086×
• J. D. B. v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-16· cited 563×
• Texas v. White
  Supreme Court· 1975-12-01· cited 409×
• Michigan v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-28· cited 390×
• United States v. Leonard David Griffin
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-12-28· cited 292×
• United States v. Donald H. Jones
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-10-15· cited 166×
• United States v. Reyes Fabian Olivera-Mendez
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-05-04· cited 153×
• United States v. Damien Wells
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-01-30· cited 88×
• United States v. Peralez
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 81×
• United States v. Eleuterio Murillo-Salgado
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-04-13· cited 64×
• United States v. Lynn J. Replogle
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-10-28· cited 45×
• United States v. David Holleman
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-02-27· cited 36×
• David Lee Brewer v. Warden Charles Wolff, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-01-20· cited 25×
• United States v. Robert L. Hill
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-12-10· cited 22×
• United States v. Adam Chartier
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-11-26· cited 22×
• United States v. Bob Woods
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-07-15· cited 22×