Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1993
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Payton v. New York · Rakas v. Illinois · Rawlings v. Kentucky · Steagald v. United States · Michigan v. Tyler
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . [O]fficials need no warrant to remain in a building for a reasonable time to investigate the cause of a blaze after it has been extinguished. And if the warrantless entry to put out the fire and determine its cause is constitutional, the warrantless seizure of evidence while inspecting the premises for these purposes also is constitutional. (footnote omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“departure and re-entry four hours later that morning required a warrant.”
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.