Abdella v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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.

1. ““These tickets were in the possession of the defendant and concededly he intended to sell them. That they are lottery tickets is no longer open to question, and the event which was to determine their value was definitely fixed. Their printing and their sale to retailers are necessary links in the chain of an unlawful venture, which the statute is adequate to liquidate. This unsavory vocation is under the ban both of its letter and of its spirit. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Motley v. Commonwealth

2. ““This form of petty gambling is of recent development and widely patronized by those who, in many instances, can ill afford to lose.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Motley v. Commonwealth