Olin v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
July 1989
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Critchfield · Commonwealth v. Denham · Department of Transportation v. Bechtel
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) The secretary may suspend the operating privilege of any person . . . upon receiving a record of proceedings, if any, in which such person pleaded guilty, entered a plea of nolo contendere, or was found guilty by a judge or jury, or whenever the secretary finds upon sufficient evidence: (2) That such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor ... in the commission of which a motor vehicle or tractor was used.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether or not the automobile was an integral element in, and contributed in some reasonable degree to, the commission of the crime.”
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.