Paulussen v. Herion’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
May 1987
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reading Co. v. Schweitzer · Darden v. Wainwright · 334 Pa. Super. 585 - Paulussen v. Herion
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our examination of Pennsylvania law leaves us uncertain as to the legal consequences of the enactment of the new 18 year statute of limitations. If, however, Pennsylvania were to interpret § 4343(b) to require support payments dating back to the filing of the original petition, the constitutionality of the 6-year statute of limitations would be irrelevant. Because Pennsylvania should have an opportunity in the first instance to resolve this issue of state law, and because we are reluctant to address a federal constitutional question until it is clearly necessary to do so, we vacate the judgment below and remand for further consideration in light of the intervening change in state law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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