Commonwealth v. Barnette’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Saferian · Commonwealth v. Freeman · Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Blake · Commonwealth v. Dascalakis
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[H]ate crime laws such as G. L. c. 265, § 39, operate to 'enhance the penalty of criminal conduct when it is motivated by racial hatred or bigotry.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is not the conduct but the underlying motivation that distinguishes the crime.”
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.