Commonwealth v. Runion’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Commonwealth v. Hall (2013), Sphere Drake Insurance v. Philadelphia Gas Works (2001)
51 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 Gregory v. Frontier Materials, Inc. · Texas v. New Mexico · In re the Primary Election of May 21, 1991 · 6 Cal. 4th 952 - People v. Crow · 116 Wash. 2d 917 - State v. Davison
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) General rule. — Upon conviction for any crime wherein property has been stolen converted or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or its value substantially decreased as a direct result of the crime, or wherein the victim suffered personal injury directly resulting from the crime, the offender shall be sentenced to make restitution in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor. =!= * * (c) Mandatory restitution.— (1) The court shall order full restitution: (i) Regardless of the current financial resources of the defendant, so as to provide the victim with the fullest compensation for the loss. The court shall not reduce a restitution award by any amount that the victim has received from the Crime Victim’s Compensation Board or other governmental agency but shall order the defendant to pay any restitution ordered for loss previously compensated by the board to the Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund or other designated account when the claim involves a government agency in addition to or in the place of the board. The court shall not reduce a restitution award by any amount that the victim has received from an insurance company but shall order the defendant to pay any restitution ordered for loss previously compensated by an insurance company to the insurance company. (ii) If restitution to more than one person is set at the same time, the court shall set priorities of payment. However, when establishing priorities, the court shall order payment in the following order: (A) The v”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Our Supreme Court, relying on the previous definition of ‘victim’, held that it is for the Legislature to expand the meaning of the term ‘victim’ to include government agencies of this Commonwealth, as the Department of Public Welfare is not a ‘person’ and as such may not be considered a victim. Specifically, the Court held a government agency may not be a victim for the purposes of restitution under the Crimes Code and it is the sole responsibility of the Legislature to expand the definition of ‘victim’. Furthermore, we note the revised definition of ‘victim’ simply expands the definition to include ‘the Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund if compensation has been paid by the [Fund] to the victim and any insurance company that has compensated the victim for loss under an insurance contract.’ 18 Pa.C.S. § 1106(h).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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