Commonwealth v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
January 2023
most recently cited
2 district · 13 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 101
Relies on Huntington v. Attrill · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Christopher Strassheim v. Milton Daily · In re Montgomery · Commonwealth v. Helfant
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Actual force was also present . . . where the defendant pulled the victim's legs apart and positioned himself against her”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the historical and contextual relationship between the victim and the defendant”
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.