Ventresca v. Exley’s Empirical Analysis

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73 state decisions

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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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Plaintiff makes much of the fact that a variance was granted about a year previously for the erection and use of a structure for manufacturing of tools and instruments almost directly across the street from where his proposed garage was to be located; he also presented evidence of variances granted by the board in other residential districts. This evidence should not have been received or, being received, should not have been considered, because the question whether such other variances were properly allowed would necessarily depend upon the circumstances in each case and would therefore have no bearing whatever upon the legality of the certificates involved in the present proceedings: Valicenti’s Appeal, 298 Pa. 276, 283, 284 , 148 A. 308, 311 ; Hasley’s Appeal, 151 Pa. Superior Ct. 192, 193-195 , 30 A. 2d 187, 188, 189 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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