289 Pa. Super. 91 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Berman v. Berman’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
42 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson · Mielcuszny Et Ux. v. Rosol (Et Ux.) · 249 Pa. Super. 274 - In Re Custody of Hernandez · 240 Pa. Super. 382 - Gunter v. Gunter · Ellerbe v. Hooks
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the issue is whether we should reverse the lower court’s findings of fact, then indeed we must defer to the lower court, and reverse only where in making the findings the lower court has abused its discretion. This is so because the lower court saw the witnesses and is therefore much more able to appraise their credibility than we. In re Custody of Hernandez, 249 Pa.Super. 274 , 376 A.2d 648 (1977). However, “we are not bound by [the lower court’s] inferences or deductions . .. from the facts found.” In re Custody of Hernandez, supra, 249 Pa.Superior Ct. at 290, 376 A.2d at 656 . Commonwealth ex rel. Berman v. Berman, 289 Pa.Superior Ct. 91, 432 A.2d 1066 (1981).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“we have no special wisdom that enables us to know better than anyone else what [custody] order right and justice dictate.”
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.