Commonwealth v. Felder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The court's order or decree must be definite, clear, specific and leave no doubt or uncertainty in the mind of the person to whom it was addressed of the conduct prohibited; 2. The contemnor must have had notice of the specific order or decree; 3. The act constituting the violation must have been volitional; and 4. The contemnor must have acted with wrongful intent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shaner, W. v. Harriman, C.

2. “we must determine whether the evidence admitted at trial, and all reasonable inferences drawn from that evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, was sufficient to enable the fact finder to conclude that the Commonwealth established all of the elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shaner, W. v. Harriman, C.

3. “the trier of fact while passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced, is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shaner, W. v. Harriman, C.