Conley v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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.

1. “Generally, to qualify as an expert the witness needs only to have a degree of knowledge of a subject matter beyond that of persons of common intelligence and ordinary experience so that the witness’ opinion will have value in assisting the trier of fact in understanding the evidence or determining a fact in issue.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wesley Brian Earnest v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 52 Va. App. 397 - Kilby v. Commonwealth

2. “we held that the testimony given by the biomechanical engineer came within the prohibition recited in Combs and John. Id. More recently, in Conley , we considered whether the trial court erred in permitting a licensed clinical social worker to testify concerning the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hollingsworth v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.

3. “provide direct diagnostic, preventive and treatment services”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fitzgerald v. Com.