Commonwealth v. Denham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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

1. “(a) Upon receiving a certified record from the clerk of the court, of proceedings in which a person pleaded guilty, entered a plea of nolo contendere, or was found guilty by a judge or jury, of any of the crimes enumerated in this section, the secretary shall forthwith revoke, for a period of one (1) year from the date of revocation, the operating privilege of any such person: .... Cases requiring such certification follow: (2) Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle or tractor law of this Commonwealth, or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle or tractor is used.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Alloway

2. ““ ‘The cases on the subject generally require that the misdemeanor . . . must have some reasonable relation to the operation of the motor vehicle, and the use of the motor vehicle must contribute in some reasonable degree as opposed to being merely incidental to the commission of the crime.’ ” Commonwealth v. Denham, supra 596 . (Emphasis the Courts’).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 67 Pa. D. & C.2d 758 - Appeals of Fuchs

3. ““[a]ny crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle or tractor laws of this Commonwealth, or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle or tractor is used.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Freeman