Commonwealth v. Pon’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · Press-Enterprise Company v. Superior Court of California Riverside County · Globe Newspaper Company v. Superior Court for County of Norfolk
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the words of the statute are ambiguous, we strive to make it an effectual piece of legislation in harmony with common sense and sound reason and consistent with legislative intent”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“judges may take judicial notice that the existence of a criminal record, regardless of what it contains, can present barriers to housing and employment opportunities”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“ready access to a defendant's prior criminal record might frustrate a defendant's access to employment ... [and] housing”
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.