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← 46 MASSAPPCT 246 - Commonwealth v. Haddock

Commonwealth v. Haddock’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
November 2018
most recently cited

18 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Appleby · Commonwealth v. Stokes · Commonwealth v. Pike · Commonwealth v. Bastarache

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

  1. “(1) the defendant used only nondeadly force, and (2) the force used was 'appropriate in kind and suitable in degree, to accomplish the purpose.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “A person may use no more force than reasonably necessary to remove a trespasser”
    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.