Commonwealth v. Escobar’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Jordan v. De George · Commonwealth v. Zone Book, Inc. · Commonwealth v. Levia · Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n v. City of Boston · Pyle v. School Committee
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the meaning of [the] statute is not clear from its plain language, well-established principles of statutory construction guide our interpretation”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“term with multiple meanings may have only one within context of statute”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. J.M. v. J.W.“must be reasonable and supported by the ... history of the statute.”
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.