Patterson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Karis v. Karis · Walker v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Berkowitz v. Mayflower Securities, Inc. · 26 Pa. Commw. 201 - Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Dreisbach · JONES v. Spidle
Most-quoted passages
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“NOW, March 28, 1996, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County in the above-captioned matter is hereby vacated and this case is remanded to the trial court for proceedings consistent with this opinion. Jurisdiction relinquished.”
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.