249 Pa. Super. 47 - Richards v. Dravo Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently May 2015 · most notably 303 Pa. Super. 298 - House of Pasta, Inc. v. Mayo (1982), 303 Pa. Super. 52 - Walsh v. Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co. (1982)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Garrett v. Co · Pacific Co v. Peterson · Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co. · Spinks v. Chevron Oil Co. · Doucette v. Vincent
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' “The power of a trial judge to exercise his discretion in molding a verdict to fit the expressed desires of the jury is a cornerstone of the jury system.” Id., 249 Pa.Superior Ct. at 58, 375 A.2d at 756”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is established that the courts of this Commonwealth have concurrent jurisdiction with federal courts to try actions brought under the Jones Act for injuries sustained, and for maintenance and cured under traditional maritime law.”
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.