Commonwealth v. Cline’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2021
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Oliver · Agnew v. Dupler · 2009 Pa. Super. 169 - Commonwealth v. Santiago · 2011 Pa. Super. 25 - Commonwealth v. Moreno · Armstrong v. US Steel Corporation
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“issues, even those of constitutional dimension, are waived if not raised in the trial court. A new and different theory of relief may not be successfully advanced for the first time on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Issues not raised in the lower court are waived and cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Generally speaking, ignorance or mistake of law is no defense.”
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.