Commonwealth v. Hitson’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
July 1989
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Blair · Commonwealth v. Futch · Commonwealth v. Kichline · Commonwealth v. Davenport · Commonwealth v. Waters
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The practice in some judicial districts of ignoring the requirements of Rule 1123(a) [specifying written post-verdict motions] is condemned. Henceforth, issues not presented in compliance with the rule will not be considered by our trial and appellate courts."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.