Jones v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`When the language of a statute is unambiguous, we are bound by the plain meaning of that language.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Riverside Owner, LLC v. City of Richmond · Com. v. Amerson

2. “`presents a pure question of law and is accordingly subject to de novo review by this Court.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Riverside Owner, LLC v. City of Richmond · Com. v. Amerson

3. “the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party at trial and consider[s] all inferences fairly deducible from that evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crawford v. Com. · Clark v. Com.