Commonwealth v. Bursick’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently October 2019 · most notably Commonwealth v. Ahlborn (1997), Commonwealth v. Wolf (1993)
45 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 Commonwealth v. Bell · 317 Pa. Super. 334 - In the Interest of R.R. · 218 Pa. Super. 221 - Nyman Motor Vehicle Operator License Case · 68 Pa. Commw. 384 - Johnson v. Commonwealth · 366 Pa. Super. 473 - Commonwealth v. Rudd
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under Section 1542 of the Vehicle Code ... DOT is required to revoke the operating privilege of any person whose driving record meets criteria defining a habitual offender. Revocation is mandatory, not discretionary.... Given three convictions within the prescribed time period, revocation [is] required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where the statutory scheme is clear in its meaning and effect ... judicial speculation regarding the harshness, consistency, or social desirability of the policy underlying it is not warranted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.