Commonwealth v. Fletcher’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
September 2009
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 38 Va. App. 107 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spotsylvania County Department of Social Services v. Fletcher
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“had been terminated no longer owed a duty of support to her minor children. Commonwealth v. Fletcher, 38 Va.App. 107 , 562 S.E.2d 327 (2002). The Court of Appeals concluded that the termination of parental rights includes”
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.