Commonwealth v. Dossantos’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 2016
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Wolfe v. Gormally · Commonwealth v. Disler · Vaccaro v. Vaccaro · 17 Mass. App. Ct. 516 - Commonwealth v. Spagnolo
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The commissioner of probation is hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement a statewide [DVRS] .... Said [DVRS] shall include a computerized record of the issuance of or violations of any protective orders or restraining orders issued pursuant to [G. L. c. 208, §§ 18, 34B; G. L. c. 209, § 32;] civil restraining orders or protective orders issued pursuant to [G. L. c. 209A] or any violations of [G. L. c. 209A], or [G. L. c. 209C, §§ 15, 20], Further, said computerized [DVRS] shall include the information contained in the court activity record information system maintained by the office of said commissioner. The information contained in said [DVRS] shall be made available to judges considering petitions or complaints pursuant to [G. L. c. 208, §§ 18, 34B; G. L. c. 209, § 32; G. L. c. 209A; and G. L. c. 209C, §§ 15, 20], Further, the information contained in said [DVRS] shall be made available to law enforcement agencies.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Allen v. Allen
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.