Commonwealth v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
5
states following
January 1982
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Simpson · Commonwealth v. Crow · Commonwealth v. Stoffan · Commonwealth v. Feinberg · 225 Pa. Super. 396 - Commonwealth v. Freeman
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted... impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.”
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.