Commonwealth v. Smithson’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Selby · Commonwealth v. Corriveau · United States v. Conway · Commonwealth v. Eagles
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is the objective appearance of the way that is determinative of its status, rather than the subjective intent of the property owner”
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.