Delaware County v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Francis v. Corleto · Chester County Institution District v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fortney v. Wozney · 192 Pa. Super. 100 - Allegheny County v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission · Commonwealth v. Harambee, Inc.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The provisions of a statute requiring public officers to act within a specified time are generally regarded as directory, unless time is of the essence of the thing to be done, or the statute indicates that the provision is to be regarded as mandatory.”
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.