Shope v. Eagle’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably Jacobs v. Halloran (1998), Marino v. Hackman (1998)
57 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 Penn Piping, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America · Jacobs v. Halloran · James Bros. Co. v. Union B. & T. Co. of DuBois · Marino v. Hackman · 419 Pa. Super. 201 - Pennridge Electric, Inc. v. Souderton Area Joint School Authority
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) General Policy. It is the policy of the unified judicial system to bring each pending matter to a final conclusion as promptly as possible consistently with the character of the matter and the resources of the system. Where a matter has been inactive for an unreasonable period of time, the tribunal, on its own motion, shall enter an appropriate order terminating the matter. (b) Primary Responsibility for Implementation of Policy. (1) Each court of common pleas is primarily responsible for the implementation of the policy expressed in subdivision (a) of this rule and is directed to make local rules of court for such purposes applicable to the court and to the community court or district justices of the peace of the judicial district. (c) Minimum Standards. Before any order terminating a matter on the ground of unreasonable activity is entered, the parties shall be given at least 30 days’ written notice of opportunity for hearing on such proposed termination, which notice shall be given: (1) In person or by mail to the last address of record of the parties or their counsel of record and setting forth a brief identification of the matter to be terminated; or (2) By publication in the manner provided by rule of court in the legal newspaper designated by rale of court for the publication of legal notices in any case where notice by mail cannot be given or has been returned undelivered or where the docket of the matter shows no evidence of activity during the previous two years”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“¶ 10 Mr. Justice Zappala continues: To dismiss a case for inactivity there must first be a lack of due diligence on the part of the plaintiff in failing to proceed with reasonable promptitude. Second, the plaintiff must have no compelling reason for the delay. Finally, the delay must cause actual prejudice to the defendant. We further hold that equitable principles should be considered when dismissing a case for inactivity pursuant to Rule 1901.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A Court may properly enter a judgment of non pros when a party to the proceeding has shown a want of due diligence in failing to proceed with reasonable promptitude, and there has been no compelling reason for the delay, and the delay has caused some prejudice to the adverse party, such as the death of or unexplained absence of material witnesses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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