Doud v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Messina v. Burden · Rector & Visitors of the University v. Carter · Gray v. VIRGINIA SECRETARY OF TRANS. · Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority · AFZALL EX REL. AFZALL v. Com.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At common law, the Commonwealth was immune from liability for torts committed by its officers, employees and agents.... [T]hat immunity continues to apply in the absence of a legislative waiver by which the Commonwealth consents to be sued in its own courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the Commonwealth has waived its sovereign immunity for tort claims in the circumstances to which the statute applies, but the waiver is a limited one.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.