Vasquez v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 62 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “duty to follow binding precedent is fixed upon case-specific holdings, not general expressions in an opinion that exceed the scope of a specific holding.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Robert & Bertha Robinson Family, LLC v. Allen · State v. Slocumb

2. “whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Kim v. Commonwealth · Hilton v. Commonwealth

3. “It is a maxim not to be disregarded, that general expressions, in every opinion, are to * be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit when the very point is presented for decision.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Robert & Bertha Robinson Family, LLC v. Allen · State v. Slocumb