Commonwealth v. Frith’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
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.
“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“'Reasonableness' is the only limitation on the prosecutor's duty of inquiry.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“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.