361 Pa. Super. 566 - Commonwealth v. Scheps’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently December 2017
15 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 Johnson v. Zerbst · Ungar v. Sarafite · Commonwealth v. Novak · Commonwealth Ex Rel. O'Lock v. Rundle · Commonwealth ex rel. McCray v. Rundle
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.
“[W]here said client ... is not in a position to pay for future legal fees ... there is no reason to deny an attorney’s petition for leave to withdraw. Finally, when the client himself discharges his attorney____the relationship of attorney-client is terminated. The court’s denial of Mr. Lieberman’s petition imposes a punishment resulting in the risk of detriment to his career, let alone substantial financial losses. It should not be permitted. After all, it is the client’s responsibility and not the attorney’s to pay for the heavy costs of trial. Commonwealth v. Novak, 395 Pa. 199 , 150 A.2d 102, 109 (1959). In light of the foregoing circumstances, the lower court erred in not allowing counsel to withdraw from this case____”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(B) Mandatory withdrawal. A lawyer representing a client before a tribunal, with its permission if required by its rules, shall withdraw from employment, and a lawyer representing a client in other matters shall withdraw from employment, if: ****** (4) He is discharged by his client. (C) Permissive withdrawal. If DR 2-110(B) is not applicable, a lawyer may not request permission to withdraw in matters pending before a tribunal, and may not withdraw in other matters, unless such request or such withdrawal is because: ****** (5) His client knowingly and freely assents to termination of his employment. ******”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“There are no prophylactic rules which exist when determining whether a denial or withdrawal amounts to an abuse of discretion. Each case must be decided by balancing the competing interest giving due regard to the facts presented.”
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.