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← 458 MASS 434 - Commonwealth v. Frith

Commonwealth v. Frith’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
February 2023
most recently cited

14 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Spiegel v. Beacon Participations, Inc. · Latrobe Steel Co. v. United Steelworkers of America · 15 Mass. App. Ct. 437 - Commonwealth v. Peruzzi · Commonwealth v. Martin · Commonwealth v. Donovan

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.

  1. “While the failure to comply with [ Mass.R.Crim.P. 14 ] rests squarely on the shoulders of the Commonwealth,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “'Reasonableness' is the only limitation on the prosecutor's duty of inquiry.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “breach of a known duty through some motive of interest or * ill will.”
    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.