396 Pa. Super. 15 - Commonwealth v. Pontious’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Dental Council & Examining Board v. Pollock · Commonwealth v. O'Shea · South Whitehall Township Police Service v. South Whitehall Township · Commonwealth Ex Rel. McCreary v. Major · 141 Pa. Super. 107 - Commonwealth v. Brownmiller
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nder the de facto doctrine, a law enforcement officer hired in violation of the law may legitimately exercise search and seizure powers”
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.