Commonwealth v. Robertson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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

1. “as a whole and in a commonsense and realistic fashion,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Hobbs · Commonwealth v. Alexis

2. “demonstrate 'probable cause to believe [1] that a particular described offense has been, is being, or is about to be committed, and [2] that [there is a substantial basis to believe that the CSLI being] sought will produce evidence of such offense or will aid in the apprehension of a person who the applicant has probable cause to believe has committed, is committing, or is about to commit such offense.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Hobbs

3. “That presumption may be rebutted, however, if it is shown that (1) there is a pattern of excluding members of a discrete group; and (2) it is likely that individuals are being excluded solely because of their membership in this group.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Ortega