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← 83 MASSAPPCT 530 - Devlin v. Commonwealth

Devlin v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

2013

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2022
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Whitney v. City of Worcester · Harry Stoller & Co. v. City of Lowell · Kent v. Commonwealth · Harrison v. Town of Mattapoisett

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

  1. “affirmative decision to allow convicted inmates to work in an area where civilly committed individuals were housed and treated,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 591 - Reid v. City of Boston
  2. “that resulted in the harm' to the plaintiff.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 100 Mass. App. Ct. 841 - NATASHA M. BAPTISTA, individually and as personal representative v. BRISTOL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (and a companion case ).
  3. “a mere failure to act by the Commonwealth”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 100 Mass. App. Ct. 841 - NATASHA M. BAPTISTA, individually and as personal representative v. BRISTOL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (and a companion case ).

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.