315 Pa. Super. 84 - Commonwealth v. Lawson’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 281 Pa. Super. 505 - Commonwealth v. Boerner · Commonwealth v. Brown · 282 Pa. Super. 100 - Commonwealth v. Bidner · Commonwealth v. BUZAK · 269 Pa. Super. 502 - Commonwealth v. Longo
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) takes possession of, carries away, transfers or causes to be carried away or transferred, any merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale by any store or other retail mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of the possession, use or benefit of such merchandise without paying the full retail value thereof; ...”
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.