Humphreys v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably 41 Va. App. 752 - Edwards v. Commonwealth (2003), Board of Supervisors v. BOARD OF ZONING (2006)
67 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Nolde Bros. v. Chalkley · Shelton & Luck v. Sydnor · Malouf v. City of Roanoke · Mickens v. Commonwealth · Moore v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“at any time, in any manner, before any court, or by the court itself.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“can only be acquired by virtue of the Constitution or of some statute. Neither the consent of the parties, nor waiver, nor acquiescence can confer it. Nor can the right to object for a want of it be lost by acquiescence, neglect, estoppel or in any other manner. . . . and the want of such jurisdiction of the trial court will be noticed by this court ex mero motu.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The term “subject matter jurisdiction” refers to the power granted to the courts by constitution or statute to hear specified classes of cases. Code § 16.1-241 grants the juvenile court “exclusive original jurisdiction” over “all cases, matters and proceedings” concerning a juvenile who is alleged to have been delinquent. The classes of offenses committed by the defendant are included within this grant of jurisdiction. With certain exceptions that are not pertinent here, Code § 19.2-239 grants the circuit court “exclusive original jurisdiction for the trial of all ... indictments ... for offenses committed within their respective circuits.” Indictments for [malicious wounding] ... are encompassed within this statutory grant of authority. Thus, the circuit court also had subject matter jurisdiction over the classes of offenses committed by the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.