Nicholson v. Combs’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Fish v. Behers (1999), Alexander v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. (2005)
39 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 Styer v. Hugo · James v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Krenzelak v. Krenzelak · 378 Pa. Super. 474 - Sonder v. Sonder · 417 Pa. Super. 592 - McMahon v. McMahon
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Enforcement. — A party to an agreement regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the court under this part, whether or not the agreement has been merged or incorporated into the decree, may utilize a remedy or sanction set forth in this part to enforce the agreement to the same extent as though the agreement had been an order of the court except as provided to the contrary in the agreement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Retroactive laws have been defined as those which take away or impair vested rights acquired under existing laws, create new obligations, impose a new duty, or attach a new disability in respect to the transaction or consideration already past.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“rational basis” test. In the second type of cases, where a suspect classification has been made or a fundamental right has been burdened, another standard of review is applied: that of strict scrutiny. Finally, in the third type of cases, if”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.