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.
“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“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.