404 Pa. Super. 392 - Ostrowski v. Pethick’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently October 2024
2 district · 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
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3901 (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) · 50 U.S.C. App. § 520
Relies on Boone v. Lightner · 379 Pa. Super. 618 - Wachter v. Ascero · 28 Cal. 3d 640 - In Re Marriage of Schiffman · 362 Pa. Super. 153 - Manze v. Manze · Herdman v. Schiffman
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If any judgment shall be rendered in any action or proceeding governed by this section against any person in military service during the period of such service or within thirty days thereafter, and it appears that such person was prejudiced by reason of his military service in making his defense thereto, such judgment may, upon application, made by such person or his legal representative, not later than ninety days after the termination of such service, be opened by the court rendering the same and such defendant or his legal representative let in to defend; provided it is made to appear that the defendant has a meritorious or legal defense to the action or some part thereof.”
3 later decisions 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.