Commonwealth v. Anthony’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 state decisions

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

1. “In dealing with probable cause ... we deal with probabilities. These are not technical; they are the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Silva · 95 Mass. App. Ct. 504 - Commonwealth v. Murphy

2. “considerable deference to the magistrate's determination of probable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Vargas

3. “[A] search warrant may issue only on a showing of probable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1129 - Commonwealth v. Brea