Squire v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 6 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The question involved arises in the confusion of the meaning of the word ‘jurisdiction,’ employed in the statutes. ‘Jurisdiction,’ as applied to judicial proceedings, broadly means the power, right, or authority in the courts to hear, determine, and enforce the law in cases, causes or controversies. It is the power to try and declare the law. It is the authority by which judicial officers take cognizance of, and apply and enforce the law as distinguished from the power to enact law. [Citing authorities.]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Charlottesville v. County of Albemarle

2. ““Code, sections 15-560 and 17-139 do not purport to extend the effect of municipal ordinances beyond the corporate limits of a city. They are statutes of enforcement of the effective law within the area specified. Their purpose is plain, that is, to prevent the territory contiguous to a city from becoming a refuge for criminals and to confer on the corporation courts of cities power to enforce the police regulations and law of the area involved.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shannon Michael Breitbach v. Commonwealth of VA

3. “the jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of each town or city, in criminal cases involving offenses against the Commonwealth, shall extend within the Commonwealth one mile beyond the corporate limits of such town or city.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 50 Va. App. 169 - Boatwright v. Commonwealth