Commonwealth v. Morris

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The bom alive rule is reported to have first been applied in the United States [in 1791]. . . . Prior to legislative reform, it was almost universally applied.” [Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Courchesne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-06-15· cited 86×
• Furtula v. University of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-06-19· cited 59×
• Benningfield ex rel. Benningfield v. Zinsmeister
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-06-21· cited 19×
• Cochran v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 1×
• State v. Burris
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-03-15

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×
• Rogers v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-14· cited 616×
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-15· cited 532×
• Stenberg v. Carhart
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-28· cited 528×
• Keeler v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1970-06-12· cited 360×
• Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-10-30· cited 250×
• Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-10-27· cited 178×
• Smith v. Brennan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-01-11· cited 134×
• Commonwealth v. Booth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-20· cited 113×
• Porter v. Lassiter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1955-02-18· cited 108×
• Mitchell v. Couch
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-12-02· cited 105×
• Bonbrest v. Kotz
  District of Columbia· 1946-03-06· cited 94×
• O'NEILL v. Morse
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1971-07-07· cited 86×
• People v. Davis
  California Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Cass
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-16· cited 67×
• O'BRYAN v. Hedgespeth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-01-19· cited 62×
• Wiersma v. MAPLE LEAP FARMS
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-02-14· cited 58×
• State v. Horne
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-08-17· cited 57×