2017 Pa. Super. 244 - Commonwealth v. Green’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. “Gary is technically a plurality decision. Former Justice Orie Melvin did not participate in the consideration or decision of the case, which led to a decision by only six justices of the Court. Justice McCaffery wrote the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court, which Chief Justice Castille and Justice Eakin joined. Justice Todd wrote a dissent that Justice Baer joined. Justice Saylor, however, wrote a concurrence, in which he “jointed] the lead Justices in adopting the federal automobile exception.”' Gary, 91 A.3d at 138 (Saylor, J., concurring). Therefore, Gary is binding precedent on this Court with respect to Pennsylvania’s adoption of the federal automobile exception to the warrant requirement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Harris