Commonwealth v. Diaz’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Zamani · Earley v. Landsidle · Williams v. Commonwealth · Addison v. Salyer · Gaskill 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the circuit court disregards the judgment of the district court, hears the evidence anew and may consider new evidence, and makes final disposition of the case as if the case had not proceeded to judgment in the district court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e [the Court] must determine the General Assembly's intent from the words contained in a statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an appeal to a circuit court from a district court judgment annuls that prior judgment”
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.