Barbieri v. Shapp’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably Jackson v. Davis (1985), In Re Stout (1989)
34 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
Relies on Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh · Firing v. Kephart · Leedom v. Thomas · Breslow v. Baldwin Township School District · Berardocco v. Colden
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“election is the prescribed method of filling judgeships in Pennsylvania. The appointment procedure of Section 13(b) is a stopgap to fill seats that unexpectedly fall vacant.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“§ 13. Election of justices, judges and justices of the peace; vacancies. (a) Justices, judges and justices of the peace shall be elected at the municipal election next preceding the commencement of their respective terms of office by the electors of the Commonwealth or the respective districts in which they are to serve. (b) A vacancy in the office of justice, judge or justice of the peace shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The appointment shall be with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate, except in the case of justices of the peace which shall be by a majority. The person so appointed shall serve for an initial term ending on the first Monday of January following the next municipal election more than ten months after the vacancy occurs. . . . . § 15. Tenure of justices, judges and justices of the peace. (a) The regular term of office of justices and judges shall be ten years. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“. . . regular term of office of justices and judges shall be ten years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Stout
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.