Commonwealth v. Claypool’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Korchak · Pleasant Hills Borough v. Carroll · 59 Pa. Commw. 504 - Chappell v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Kowell · 119 Pa. Commw. 281 - Commonwealth v. Green
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not mean that [the provision] is optional-to be ignored at will. Both mandatory and directory provisions of the legislature are meant to be followed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“protects the vehicle safety laws from vulnerability [due] to delays within a system where detection and correction of official failure would be much more difficult.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.