Slawek v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the instant case, Petitioner was presented with an unexpected emergency situation and the facts, as found by the hearing officer, suggest that the penalty is unduly harsh. Unfortunately, however, the Petitioner failed to file exceptions to the hearing officer’s proposed report. 1 Pa.Code makes mandatory such a filing to preserve the abuse of discretion issue. By failing to file exceptions, he has waived his right to have this court consider that issue on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Niles v. Department of Transportation

2. “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's order did not reverse this court’s decision in Slawek I. Therefore, we consider the legal analysis set forth in Slawek I to be correct and precedent for future cases involving the waiver of issues for failure to comply with 1 Pa.Code § 35.213.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Niles v. Department of Transportation

3. “This court may consider a claim of abuse of discretion by an administrative agency and may modify the order if the penalty is unduly harsh____ In doing so, we are limited to determining whether the penalty is reasonable in light of the violation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Slawek v. BD. OF MED. ED. & LICENSURE