Commonwealth v. Lees’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Melton · 164 Pa. Super. 591 - Commonwealth v. Eberhardt · 191 Pa. Super. 581 - Commonwealth v. Ornato · Smith v. Commonwealth · 190 Pa. Super. 591 - Commonwealth v. Lewis
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . it is not required that the intent to do injury be actual or specific. Malice is not limited to a particular ill will but comprehends reckless conduct from which injury is likely to result.”
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.