Commonwealth v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
June 2004
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Haley v. Ohio · Gallegos v. State of Colorado · Ripon Society, Inc. v. National Republican Party · Commonwealth v. McCutchen · Commonwealth v. Smith
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.
“cases rest upon a concern that juvenile immaturity may preclude self-protection from overbearing police interrogation. The rule intends that overbearance may be avoided by consultation, with individuals such as a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any other interpretation of the Supreme Court’s requirement of an ‘interested adult’ would make no sense, for it would read the Court as saying that its requirement could be satisfied in either of two mutually inconsistent ways: either by affording the juvenile access to one of two parties initially interested in his welfare—an attorney or parent—or by affording him access to a person only casually interested.”
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.