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← 78 MASSAPPCT 156 - Commonwealth v. Matos

Commonwealth v. Matos’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Maryland v. Buie · Teamsters Local Union 657 v. Rodriguez · Commonwealth v. Walker · Commonwealth v. Washington · Commonwealth v. DeJesus

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “reasonable belief based on 'specific and articulable facts' that the area could harbor a dangerous individual.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “record of violent felonies and firearm possession charges”
    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.