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← 430 MASS 378 - Commonwealth v. Emerson

Commonwealth v. Emerson’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited

2 district · 12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Smith v. Phillips · McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood · Liotta v. National Forge Co. · Commonwealth v. Walden · Commonwealth v. Cundriff

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

  1. “A finding that a juror is impartial will not be overturned on appeal unless the defendant makes a clear showing of abuse of discretion or that the finding was clearly erroneous”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “to make effective use of the evidence in preparing and presenting his case.”
    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.