2003 Pa. Super. 283 - Haines v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]x-cept as otherwise provided or prescribed by law, a court upon notice to the parties may modify or rescind any order within 30 days after its entry, notwithstanding the prior termination of any term of court, if no appeal from such order has been taken or allowed.” (Emphasis added.) Under this section, a trial court has broad discretion to modify or rescind an order, and its power may be exercised on the court's own motion or invoked pursuant to a party’s motion for reconsideration. Haines v. Jones, 830 A.2d 579 (Pa.Super.2003). “[T]he trial court may consider a motion for reconsideration only if the motion for reconsideration is filed within thirty days of the entry of the disputed order.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fulton v. Bedford County Tax Claim Bureau · Blucas, M. v. Agiovlasitis, P.

2. “Under section 5505, the trial court has broad discretion to modify or rescind an order, and this power may be exercised sua sponte or invoked pursuant to a party's motion for reconsideration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Blucas, M. v. Agiovlasitis, P.

3. “[T]he trial court may consider a motion for reconsideration only if the motion for reconsideration is filed within thirty days of the entry of the disputed order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Blucas, M. v. Agiovlasitis, P.