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← 61 PACOMMW 568 - Bignell v. Commonwealth

Bignell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
September 1991
most recently cited

19 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Martin v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Penn Photomounts, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Serban v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · 45 Pa. Commw. 29 - Glasser v. UNEMPL. COMP. BD. OF REVIEW. · Lee v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

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

  1. “For behavior to constitute wilful misconduct, it must evidence (1) the wanton and wilful disregard of the employer’s interest, (2) the deliberate violation of rules, (3) the disregard of standards of behavior which an employer can rightfully expect from his employe, or (4) negligence which manifests culpability, wrongful intent, evil design, or intentional and substantial disregard for the employer’s interests or the employee’s duties and obligations.”
    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.