Commonwealth v. Lanigan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 district · 256 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 279 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he prejudice that is relevant is the impairment of the defendant's case by reason of the delay.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Vasquez · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Kuilan

2. ““We accept the basic reasoning of the Daubert opinion because it is consistent with our test of demonstrated reliability. We suspect that general acceptance in the relevant scientific community will continue to be the significant, and often the only, issue. We accept the idea, however, that a proponent of scientific opinion evidence may demonstrate the reliability or validity of the underlying scientific theory or process by some other means, that is, without establishing general acceptance.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fowler · 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 6 - Boston Partners Asset Management, L.P. v. Archambo

3. “the length of the delay, the reasons for it, the extent of the defendant's assertion of his right to a speedy trial, and the prejudice, if any, to the defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Kuilan · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1114 - Commonwealth v. Carr