Burlile v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
50
cited by 50 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
50 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daughtry v. United States · Briley v. Commonwealth · Harward v. Commonwealth · Fishback v. Commonwealth · Harbor Cruises, Inc. 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[N]or are they permitted to accomplish the same result by judicial interpretation.”
8 later decisions 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.