Commonwealth v. Bustamonte’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2012
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bishir v. Bishir · Cawood v. Cawood · Commonwealth v. Gross · Bethlehem Minerals Co. v. Church & Mullins Corp. · Dull v. George
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant's apparent immigration problem `is not a reason of an extraordinary nature justifying relief'. . . .”
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.