Commonwealth v. Rosa’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Mamay · Commonwealth v. Jarrett · 30 Mass. App. Ct. 181 - Commonwealth v. Mosby · Commonwealth v. Oakes · Commonwealth v. Quinn
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the intentional, unjustified touching of private areas such as the breasts, abdomen, buttocks, thighs, and pubic area of a female constitutes an indecent assault and battery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the vast majority of people are very discriminating in who they allow to touch ... this bodily orifice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When evaluating evidence of alleged indecent behavior, we consider all of the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.