Commonwealth v. Augustine’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
26 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2703 (§ 201 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on Figueroa v. United States · Allison v. United States · Commonwealth v. Upton · Commonwealth v. Cinelli · Bryant Woods Inn Incorporated v. Howard County Maryland
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a substantial basis to * conclude that the items sought are related to the criminal activity under investigation, and that they reasonably may be expected to be located in the place to be searched at the time the search warrant issues”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“service record or records that contain information identifying the base station towers and sectors that receive transmissions from a [cellular] telephone”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[would] aid in the apprehension of a person who the applicant has probable cause to believe has committed ... such offense”
2 later decisions 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.