Commonwealth v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Batchelder · Opinions of the Justices to the House of Representatives · Commonwealth v. Flebotte · Commonwealth v. Beckett · Commonwealth v. Torres
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]riminal statutes are to be construed strictly against the Commonwealth and in favor of the defendant,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The appropriate statute of limitations is a matter for the Legislature”
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.