Spaniol's Case’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We may reverse or modify the board's decision where, among other reasons, it is based on an error of law, or is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise not in accordance with law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - In re Cheryl Briere's Case

2. “The board, as the agency charged with administering the workers' compensation law, is entitled to substantial deference in its reasonable interpretation of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - In re Cheryl Briere's Case

3. “as a whole ... so that the various portions taken together shall constitute a harmonious and consistent legislative enactment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 179 - In re Robert Janocha's Case