Foley v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial judge's decision was arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair, or unsupported by sound legal principles.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carroll v. Carroll · Chatman v. Commonwealth

2. “On motion a court may, upon such terms as are just, relieve a party or his legal representative from its final judgment, order, or proceeding upon the following grounds: ... (c) perjury or falsified evidence; [or] (d) fraud affecting the proceedings, other than perjury or falsified evidence ... [.] The motion shall be made within a reasonable time, and on grounds (a), (b), and (c) not more than one year after the judgment, order, or proceeding was entered or taken.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carroll v. Carroll

3. “a CR 60.02(f) motion must be made 'within a reasonable time.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Phon v. Com. of Ky.