2003 Pa. Super. 319 - Commonwealth v. Long’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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

1. “A statu[t]e will be found unconstitutional only if it clearly, palpably and plainly violates constitutional rights. Under well-settled principles of law, there is a strong presumption that legislative enactments do not violate the constitution. Further, there is a heavy burden of persuasion upon one who questions the constitutionality of an Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2006 Pa. Super. 215 - Commonwealth v. Mullins

2. “the public regulation of driving behavior through a pattern of laws which includes compelled self-reporting to ensure financial responsibility for accidents and criminal sanctions to deter dangerous driving entails genuine risks of self-incrimination from the driver's point of view.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 2006 WI App 214 - State v. Harmon

3. “disclosures with respect to automobile accidents simply do not entail the kind of substantial risk of self-incrimination”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2006 WI App 214 - State v. Harmon