Commonwealth v. Fay’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 18 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “implicit in the concept of ordered liberty”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Wilbur W., a juvenile · Commonwealth v. G.F.

2. “[W]e do not need to define the outer contours of what either the Federal or Massachusetts Constitution would permit.... An individual who is likely to engage in noncontact sexual offenses directed at children in a manner that would place them in reasonable apprehension of being the victim of a contact sexual offense plainly engages in conduct dangerous to their health, safety, and well-being. Protecting children from exposure to such conduct ... falls well within constitutional boundaries”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Spring

3. “When the victim ... is a child, there is arguably a greater risk of harm due to the child's immaturity, lack of experience, natural tendency to fantasize, and presumed ignorance of sexual matters”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Tiru