Commonwealth v. Lord’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
309 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 309 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Commonwealth v. Grant (2002), Commonwealth v. Castillo (2005)
309 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 411 Pa. Super. 329 - Commonwealth v. Phillips · Com. v. Phillips · 442 Pa. Super. 258 - Commonwealth v. Cortes · 451 Pa. Super. 197 - Commonwealth v. Monroe
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 309 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) General rule. Upon receipt of the notice of appeal the judge who entered the order appealed from, if the reasons for the order do not already appear of record, shall forthwith file of record at least a brief statement, in the form of an opinion, of the reasons for the order, or for the rulings or other matters complained of, or shall specify in writing the place in the record where such reasons may be found.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“Any issues not raised in a 1925(b) statement will be deemed waived.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“The absence of a trial court opinion poses a substantial impediment to meaningful and effective appellate review. Rule 1925 is intended to aid trial judges in identifying and focusing upon those issues which the parties plan to raise on appeal. Rule 1925 is thus a crucial component of the appellate process.”
7 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.