Bower v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
3
states following
March 1976
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Herzig v. Swift & Co. · Catlin v. Justice · Chaney v. Commonwealth · Hazel v. Dougherty · McHargue v. Perkins
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If such a person’s evidence does not establish conclusively that he came by the appropriated property in a blameless manner, his mere retention of the stolen property under the circumstances not only warrants the submission of the case to the jury but likewise is sufficient to sustain a verdict of conviction.””
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.