Stilp v. COM., GENERAL ASSEMBLY’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably Thierfelder v. Wolfert (2012), Mazur v. Washington County Redevelopment Authority (2008)
28 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 Consumer Party of Pennsylvania v. Com. · Costopoulos v. Thornburgh · Small v. Horn · Stilp v. Commonwealth · Pittsburgh Palisades Park, LLC v. Commonwealth
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We believe the circumstances of the instant case establish the above five factors and therefore warrant the grant of standing to appellants under the narrow exception outlined in Biester . This case presents a prime example of governmental action, which would otherwise go unchallenged because the very individuals who enacted the legislation are directly and beneficially affected and are thus not inclined to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation. Furthermore, judicial relief is appropriate since the determination of the constitutionality of an act is a function ultimately left to the courts. Moreover, here redress through other channels is unavailable. There is no administrative agency which can provide relief and the legislators themselves are unlikely to provide a meaningful mechanism for redress. Lastly, there are not other persons better situated to assert the claim because all those who are directly and immediately affected by the [Public Official] Compensation Law are beneficially affected and have not brought, and will not bring a cause of action. Thus, there are no possible plaintiffs who can assert a substantial, direct and immediate interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) the governmental action would otherwise go unchallenged; (2) those directly and immediately affected by the complained of matter are beneficially affected and not inclined to challenge the action; (3) judicial relief is appropriate; (4) redress through other channels is unavailable; and (5) no other persons are better situated to assert the claim.”
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.