Commonwealth v. Hruska’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 1997
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 145 Pa. Commw. 164 - COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Smith · Budjnoski v. Commonwealth
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The following participants shall be entitled to a reasonable counsel fee as part of the taxable costs of the matter: . . . “(7) Any participant who is awarded counsel fees as a sanction against another participant for dilatory, obdurate or vexatious conduct during the pendency of a matter. . . . “(9) Any participant who is awarded counsel fees because the conduct of another party in commencing the matter or otherwise was arbitrary, vexatious or in bad faith. . . .” 42 Pa.C.S. §2503(7) and §2503(9).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The following participants shall be entitled to a reasonable counsel fee as part of the taxable costs of the matter: (9) Any participant who is awarded counsel fees because the conduct of another party in commencing the matter or otherwise was arbitrary, vexatious or in bad faith.”
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.