Commonwealth v. Gildea’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 2017
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Borman v. Borman · National Merchandising Corp. v. Leyden · Commonwealth v. One 1972 Chevrolet Van · Commonwealth v. United Food Corp. · Simons v. Northeastern Finance Corp.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We do not think it the least bit unreasonable to deny the defendant any evidentiary benefit ... where he commingled [property] with like articles which he admitted were stolen”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]here is authority for the proposition that the defendant's possession of the property in question constitutes prima facie evidence of his right to it,”
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.