Commonwealth v. Melo’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hennessy v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASS. CORRECTIONAL INST. · Commonwealth v. Morasse · 21 Mass. App. Ct. 17 - Commonwealth v. Layne · 25 Mass. App. Ct. 1 - Commonwealth v. Layne · Commonwealth v. Luna
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“use either habeas corpus or declaratory judgment procedures to challenge the DOC's calculation of a sentence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“should have sought a declaratory judgment to challenge the DOC's calculation of his sentence”
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.