Commonwealth v. LeBlanc’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · Carter v. United States · International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson · Commonwealth v. Platt · Commissioner of Revenue v. Cargill, Inc.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Clear and unambiguous language is conclusive as to legislative intent”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“* "Any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle after his license to operate has been suspended or revoked pursuant to a violation of [ § 24 (1) ( a ) 2 ], or pursuant to [§ 24D 3 ], [24E 4 ], [24G 5 ], [24L 6 ], or [24N 7 ] of this chapter, ... or after notice of such suspension or revocation of his right to operate a motor vehicle without a license has been issued and received by such person ... and prior to the restoration of such license ... shall be punished ... by imprisonment ... for not less than sixty days ...."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“court uses standard rules of grammar when interpreting statutory language”
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.