302 Pa. Super. 442 - Commonwealth v. McCann’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Harrington · Commonwealth v. Sullivan · Lyles v. United States · International Ass'n of Machinists, Lodge 942 v. National Labor Relations Board
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we find appellant's contention that he was entitled to have the consequences of acquittal by reason of insanity explained to the jury to be of arguable merit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“something which causes someone to be out of touch with reality”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a highly dangerous person for the indefinite future.”
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.