Commonwealth v. Buckley’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Dixon · Grady v. Corbin · United States v. Broce · Morey v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Jones
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the siren song of the conduct-based approach has been silenced”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“elements-based approach recognizes 'the role of the Legislature as the primary body that creates, and defines, crimes, and the fact that, in punishing related offenses, the Legislature usually intends to further distinct policies.' " Id . at 431-432 (quotation omitted). The conduct-based approach plays no role here. See Commonwealth v. Buckley , 76 Mass. App. Ct. 123 , 126 (2010) (observing that "the siren song of the conduct-based approach has been silenced”
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.