Commonwealth v. Pope’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 1979
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sherwood v. Elgart · Lynch v. Owen J. Roberts School District · Commonwealth v. Petrillo · Commonwealth v. Aurick · Commonwealth v. Payton
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) such person is licensed to carry a firearm; or “(2) such person is exempt from licensing . . . .””
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.