Moore v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Code § 17.1-402(D) provides that the Court of Appeals sitting en banc " shall consider and decide the case and may overrule any previous decision by any panel or of the full court." This language indicates clear preference for the prompt and final disposition of appellate cases on the merits, when that can be done without interfering with the orderly administration of justice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 56 Va. App. 391 - Turner v. Commonwealth · 54 Va. App. 47 - Ghameshlouy v. Commonwealth

2. “to prevent consideration of [an appeal's] merits, should not be undertaken without considering whether a party's failure to adhere strictly to the rule's requirements is insignificant, or so substantial as to preclude the court's addressing the merits of the case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 53 Va. App. 505 - Rose v. Commonwealth · 54 Va. App. 730 - Carroll v. Commonwealth

3. “[o]nly questions presented in the petition for appeal will be noticed by the Court of Appeals.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 54 Va. App. 730 - Carroll v. Commonwealth · Com. v. Brown