Peake v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · United States v. Salerno · Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · Gambone v. Commonwealth · Adler v. Montefiore Hospital Ass'n
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A party challenging the constitutionality of a statute bears a very heavy burden " in seeking to overcome the statute's presumptive validity and, therefore, a statute "will not be declared unconstitutional unless it clearly, palpably and plainly violates the Constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the General Assembly may enact laws that limit an individual's right to pursue a lawful occupation in order to achieve an important government interest, such as protecting [ ] children ... from abuse.”
1 later decision 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.