2009 Pa. Super. 18 - Commonwealth v. Kneller’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. McClintic · Commonwealth v. Dickson · Com. v. PLRB · Commonwealth, Office of Administration v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board · 2007 Pa. Super. 204 - Snead v. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Most-quoted passages
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“3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq., are ambiguous and, under the rule of lenity, the statutes cannot be used to penalize Kneller's actions. Specifically, the Majority held the following: We note that the statutory language of section 325, et seq., titled”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[n]othing in this act shall prevent a person or humane society organization from destroying a pet animal by means of firearms.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“entire Dog Law is ambiguous as to whether a dog owner can kill his dog by means of a firearm.”
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.