Ratliff v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2006
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on County of Campbell v. Howard · Robinson v. Commonwealth · Manly Manufacturing Co. v. Broaddus · Crider v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 371 - Orr v. Commonwealth
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.
“had neither physical possession of the funds nor control over the means with which to dispose of or [disburse] the funds”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gunn v. Com.“the term custody requires proof that the person had the authority to dispose of or distribute the funds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gunn v. Com.“or other funds coming into [the public employee's] custody under his official capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gunn v. Com.
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.