Morrow v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lockhart v. Nelson · Hilen v. Hays · Commonwealth v. Reneer · Goetzman v. Wichern · Commonwealth v. Grimes
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]he doctrine of stare decisis does not commit us to the sanctification of ancient [or relatively recent] fallacy.” While we recognize this Court should decide cases “with a respect for precedent,” this respect does not “require blind imitation of the past” or unquestioned acceptance ad infinitum. Rather, in many ways, respect for precedent demands proper reconsideration when we find sound legal reasons to question the correctness of ... prior analysis.”
3 later decisions 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.