Commonwealth v. Rahim’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
2
states following
January 2017
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Penson v. Ohio · International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson · Commonwealth v. Welosky · Bronstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · Commonwealth v. Zone Book, Inc.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“condition of being of the same blood; relationship by descent from a common ancestor; blood-relationship [Opposed to affinity, i.e., relationship by marriage]”); Black’s Law Dictionary 299 (7th ed.1999) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“consanguinity” is uncontroverted: it is defined as a”
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.