Commonwealth v. Robertson’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
3
states following
October 2021
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson · Commonwealth v. Zone Book, Inc. · Commonwealth v. Brooks · Commonwealth v. Goodwin · Morrissette v. Commonwealth
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Whoever willfully photographs, videotapes or electronically surveils another person who is nude or partially nude, with the intent to secretly conduct or hide such activity, when the other person in such place and circumstance would have a reasonable expectation of privacy in not being so photographed, videotaped or electronically surveilled, and without that person's knowledge and consent, shall be punished ...."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“§ 105 [b] does not penalize the secret photographing of partial nudity, but of 'a person who is . . . partially nude' [emphasis added]. 'Is' denotes a state of a person's being, not a visual image of the person”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“who is wearing a skirt, dress, or the like covering these parts of her body is not a person who is 'partially nude,' no matter what is or is not underneath the skirt by way of underwear or other clothing.”
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.