Commonwealth v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1982
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. DeWan
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.
“(a) Prostitution—A person is guilty of prostitution, a misdemeanor of the third degree, if he or she: (2) loiters in or within view of any public place for the purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activity. (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“To be dilatory ... to stand around or move slowly about ... to saunter; to delay ... to linger . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.