Jordan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he court shall conduct a hearing on the application and may order a change of name if, after receiving and considering evidence concerning the circumstances regarding the requested change of name, the court determines that the change of name (i) would not frustrate a legitimate law-enforcement purpose, (ii) is not sought for a fraudulent purpose, and (iii) would not otherwise infringe upon the rights of others. Such order shall contain written findings stating the court's basis for granting the order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leonard v. Commonwealth

2. “is only the beginning of the inquiry. Even when those circumstances are absent, the court is not required to grant the petition-it retains broad discretion to grant or to deny the petition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leonard v. Commonwealth

3. “is sought for a fraudulent purpose or would otherwise infringe upon the rights of others”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leonard v. Commonwealth