Bigelow v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Doe v. Bolton · Bigelow 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for further consideration in light of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 , 93 S.Ct. 705 , 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973); and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 , 93 S.Ct. 739 , 35 L.Ed.2d 201 (1973).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jaynes 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.