398 Pa. Super. 369 - Trosky v. Mann’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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

1. ““[TJhere is a dearth of appellate decisions in this Commonwealth with regard to whether parents are obligated to pay for expenses incurred by a third-party in the performance of services for a minor child. Nonetheless we are persuaded that the approach to take is a case-by-case determination on the issue of parental liability for their children’s upbringing, i.e., support.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wagner v. Marvin

2. “[T]he actions of the minor-child are not consistent with the presence of “emancipation” — he could not support himself, he sought refuge with a private placement service while recovering from his dysfunction (drug addiction), one of the factors which prompted him to leave his home unilaterally.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 428 Pa. Super. 448 - Berks County Children and Youth Services v. Rowan