F.K. v. S.C.’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. “Snapchat is a social media website on which a member may share information with a network of 'friends.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 372 - R.S. v. A.P.B. · 95 Mass. App. Ct. 618 - Commonwealth v. Fencher

2. “contain[ed] no indication that the defendant directed anyone to notify [the plaintiff] of the song. Rather, [the plaintiff] was informed about the song by his friends, acting of their own volition. Indeed, the defendant removed the song from the Internet two hours after posting it because [the plaintiff's] friends were threatening 'to beat him up.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 100 Mass. App. Ct. 126 - ORLA O. v. PATIENCE P.

3. “[b]ecause a song recorded in private, without more, cannot 'in fact cause' intimidation, abuse, damage to property, or fear of physical harm or damage to property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 100 Mass. App. Ct. 126 - ORLA O. v. PATIENCE P.