Commonwealth v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1991
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roth v. United States · Zorach v. Clauson · Beauharnais v. Illinois · Davis v. Beason · Purcell v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“The imposition of costs upon a successful litigant is not unknown to the courts of Pennsylvania. In equity, the orphans' court, and upon appeal to the appellate courts, costs may be placed where justice requires them to be, even though they be placed upon the successful party. The practice and procedure of placing costs upon an acquitted defendant who is not completely innocent or without fault has been a salutary and effective way of administering the criminal law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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