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In re R.B.’s Empirical Analysis

2018

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 2023
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Hormel v. Helvering · Commonwealth v. Saferian · Vinson v. Kelly · Commonwealth v. Randolph · 126 S. Ct. 1910 - Official Representatives of the Bondholders & Trade Creditors of Debtors Corning v. Credit Suisse First Boston

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Given the fundamental liberty interest at stake in sexual dangerousness proceedings ... we apply the same standard governing criminal cases”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  2. “the same standard governing [unpreserved issues in] criminal cases: review for a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  3. “is likely to attack or otherwise inflict injury . . . because of his uncontrolled or uncontrollable desires.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.