Walters v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Eagle, Star & British Dominions Insurance v. Heller · 6 Va. App. 466 - Morse v. Commonwealth · Derflinger v. Ford Motor Co. · Home Brewing Co. v. City of Richmond · Dan River, Inc. v. Adkins
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[bjecause the [General District] courts had jurisdiction over the actions and the parties, and the proceedings were regular, their judgments are not subject to collateral attack.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re McCurdy
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.