Flanagan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . . before the Board may agree to reconsider its own decision there must appear of record some satisfactory reason to support • the decision to grant reconsideration. Noting that the applicable regulation[ 1 ] .requires that requests for reconsideration be granted only for good cause, the Court stated: . . . [W]e cannot ascertain whether the Board abused its discretion or lacked good cause for its ruling, unless the reason' for granting reconsideration appears in the record [footnote omitted]. Therefore,, we hold that the Board must clearly set forth in the record the basis upon which it grants reconsideration of its decision, in order that we may properly exercise our appellate role to oversee abuses of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barnes v. Commonwealth

2. “(b) Such requests [for reconsideration] will be granted only for good cause in the interest of justice without prejudice to any party. The parties will be notified of the ruling of the Board on each such request. The request for reconsideration and the ruling of the Board shall be made a part of the record and subject to review in connection with any further appeal to the Commonwealth Court. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grcich v. Commonwealth