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← 81 MASSAPPCT 247 - Commonwealth v. Aivano

Commonwealth v. Aivano’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. McGeoghegan · Commonwealth v. Anderson · Commonwealth v. Murphy

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. “the linchpin for determining the constitutionality of a roadblock is the use of a predetermined plan, developed by supervisory law enforcement personnel, to eliminate the exercise of discretion by law enforcement personnel in the field”
    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.