Edwards v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. HEAVEY · Walker v. Aluminum Co. of America · Urso v. Commonwealth · Draco Development Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board · Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]o compensation shall be payable under this section to a widow, unless she was living with her deceased husband at the time of his death, or was then actually dependent upon him and receiving from him a substantial portion of her support.”
1 later decision 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.