2002 Pa. Super. 79 - Johnson v. Martofel’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faden v. Philadelphia Housing Authority · 349 Pa. Super. 59 - In Re Estate of Dorone · 2000 Pa. Super. 22 - Collins v. Cooper · 298 Pa. Super. 311 - Graziano Const. Co., Inc. v. Lee · Smith v. Coyne
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An issue before a court is moot if in ruling upon the issue the court cannot enter an order that has any legal force or effect.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“A final judgment is 'an ultimate disposition of an individual claim entered in the course of a multiple claims action.' ") ). Here, the state court did render a final judgment-the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County granted PennDOT's Motion for Writ of Possession on February 8, 2018. This constituted a final judgment because it entirely resolved the eminent-domain issue and permitted PennDOT to condemn parts of Merritts's property. ( See ECF No. 3-3.) Moreover, Pennsylvania law clearly establishes that a decision on a writ of possession is a final judgment. See PA. R. CIV. P. 3160 ("A judgment for possession shall be enforced by a writ of possession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A writ of possession is simply the legal means for executing on a judgment of possession.”
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.