Commonwealth v. Consoli’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[O]ne cannot undermine a no contact order by the simple expedient of ricocheting prohibited comments off of third parties ... who are in the vicinity of those whom the order protects”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 - Commonwealth v. Bowen · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 146 - Commonwealth v. Pereira

2. “Our cases generally interpret 'contact' broadly; there are many ways to achieve a communication.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1121 - Commonwealth v. Slayman