149 Pa. Commw. 59 - Commonwealth v. Bryner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) General rule. — [A] person shall be responsible for a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance from a site when any of the following apply: (1) The person owns or operates the site: (i) when a hazardous substance is placed or comes to be located in or on a site; (ii) when a hazardous substance is located in or on the site, but before it is released; or (iii) during the time of the release or threatened release.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Delta Chemicals, Inc. · 161 Pa. Commw. 1 - Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources v. Bryner

2. “1) A release or threatened release, 2) of a hazardous substance, 3) from a site, and 4) there must be a responsible person as defined in subsection 701(a) of PaHSCA; that is, a person who “owns or operates” a site as defined in PaHSCA subsection 701(a)(1). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bryner, 149 Pa.Cmwlth. 59 , 613 A.2d 43, 45 (1992).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 12 F. Supp. 2d 391 - Andritz Sprout-Bauer, Inc. v. Beazer East, Inc.