315 Pa. Super. 343 - Nilon Bros. Enterprises v. Lucente’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently May 2015
8 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 Wilson v. King of Prussia Enterprises, Inc. · Leedom v. Thomas · Heidorn Appeal · Siegel v. Engstrom · 485 F. Supp. 410 - Anaconda Co. v. Metric Tool & Die Co.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Laches arises when a defendant's position or rights are so prejudiced by length of time and inexcusable delay, plus attendant facts and circumstances, that it would be an injustice to permit presently the assertion of a claim against him. [Citations omitted]. "Laches, unlike the statute of limitations, does not operate solely by the passage of time." [Citation omitted]. "The application of the equitable doctrine of laches does not depend upon the fact that a certain definite time has elapsed since the cause of action accrued, but whether, under the circumstances of the particular case, the complaining party is guilty of want of due diligence in failing to institute his action to another’s prejudice." [Citation omitted]. The rationale is that "acquiescence is presumed from delay.” [Citation omitted].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Laches, unlike the statute of limitations, does not operate solely by the passage of time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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