Commonwealth v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
May 2004
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Commonwealth v. Futch · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. Rundle · Commonwealth v. Eiland · Commonwealth v. Jones
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“resulted from an essentially coercive atmosphere and should have been suppressed as involuntary”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“was held incommunicado, without adequate opportunity for rest or food”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.