Commonwealth v. McKoy’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
February 2022
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz · Commonwealth v. Silva · Commonwealth v. Stoute · Commonwealth v. Williams
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.
“Specifically, the 'test for determining reasonable suspicion should include consideration of the possibility of the possession of a gun, and the government's need for prompt investigation.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“cold, windy, wet night filled with snow and slush”
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.