Dickerson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Florida v. Bostick · California v. Hodari D. · United States v. Drayton · Reittinger v. Commonwealth · 35 Va. App. 172 - Dickerson 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“So long as a reasonable person would feel free `to disregard the police and go about his business,' the encounter is consensual”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones 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.