Commonwealth v. Thurmond’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tiller v. Commonwealth · Vernon Township v. United Natural Gas Co. · 138 Pa. Super. 593 - Commonwealth v. Parish · People v. Vadakin · 16 N.J. Super. 80 - State v. Rogers & Sheldon, Inc.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The weighing of this vehicle and load by the police officer was an official act or duty and under the law in Pennsylvania "Official acts or duties are, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumed to have been properly performed; . . . ’ “ . . . "In the present case, the weighmaster, under section 904, is the peace officer. We do not hold that his finding is entitled to conclusive weight, but we do hold that when uncontradicted, it is entitled to weight . . . ’ ””
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.