300 Pa. Super. 445 - Commonwealth v. Gula’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This Court has held repeatedly that in an appeal from a summary judgment to the court of common pleas, the judgment of common pleas should be either “guilty” or “not guilty.” As we wrote in Commonwealth v. Carter, 230 Pa.Superior Ct. 401, 403, 326 A.2d 530, 531 (1974): A judgment affirming the justice of the peace, dismissing the appeal, or sustaining the appeal, is not sufficient and will be reversed. Commonwealth v. Alton, 209 Pa.Super. 168 , 224 A.2d 792 (1966); Commonwealth v. Young, 184 Pa.Super. 658 , 135 A.2d 774 (1957); Commonwealth v. Miller, 173 Pa.Super. 168 , 96 A.2d 153 (1953). Furthermore, an order adjudicating guilt must be entered, even though it is implicit in the lower court’s actions and opinion that the court considered the evidence supportive of a finding of guilt. Commonwealth v. Carter, supra; Commonwealth v. Wenyon, 230 Pa.Superior Ct. 342, 326 A.2d 633 (1974).” (Footnote omitted)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 362 Pa. Super. 390 - Commonwealth v. Ragoli · 320 Pa. Super. 120 - Commonwealth v. Morgenthaler