Commonwealth v. Sanchez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 24 state decisions

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In conflicts cases involving procedural matters, Pennsylvania will apply its own procedural laws when it is serving as the forum state.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hammons, P. v. Ethicon, Inc. · Murray, N. v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2. “take a flexible approach which permits analysis of the policies and interests underlying the particular issue before the court. This approach gives the state having the most interest in the question paramount control over the legal issues arising from a particular factual context, thereby allowing the forum to apply the policy of the jurisdiction most intimately concerned with the outcome.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2003 Pa. Super. 375 - Sinha v. Sinha

3. “[i]n cases where the substantive laws of Pennsylvania conflict with those of a sister state in the civil context, Pennsylvania courts take a flexible approach which permits analysis of the policies and interests underlying the particular issue before the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Murray, N. v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.