Commonwealth v. Dame’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
January 2023
most recently cited
2 district · 13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · United States v. Lovasco · United States v. Ewell · Williams v. Florida · McCarthy v. Bronson
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“applies to situations where the police have probable cause to believe that a motor vehicle parked in a public place and apparently capable of being moved contains contraband or evidence of a crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[s]ignificant considerations include the defendant's 'familial status, roots in the community, employment, prior criminal record, and general attitude and demeanor.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]t is presumed that a defendant charged with murder in the first degree is not entitled to bail.”
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.