Brown v. Levy’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Madden v. Myers · Delaware River Port Authority v. Thornburgh · Payne v. Commonwealth Department of Corrections · Board of Revision of Taxes, City of Philadelphia v. City of Philadelphia · Volunteer Firemen's Relief Ass'n v. Minehart
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The writ of mandamus exists to compel official performance of a ministerial act or mandatory duty. Mandamus cannot issue to compel performance of a discretionary act or to govern the manner of performing [the] required act. This Court may issue a writ of mandamus where the petitioners have a clear legal right, the responding public official has a corresponding duty, and no other adequate and appropriate remedy at law exists. Moreover mandamus is proper to compel the performance of official duties whose scope is defined as a result of the mandamus action litigation. Thus we have held that mandamus will lie to compel action by an official where his refusal to act in the requested way stems from his erroneous interpretation of the law."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he object of all interpretation and construction of statutes is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the General Assembly. Every statute shall be con strued, if possible, to give effect to all its provisions. When the words of a statute are clear and free from all ambiguity, they are presumed to be the best indication of legislative intent. To determine the meaning of a statute, a court must first determine whether the issue may be resolved by reference to the express language of the statute, which is to be read according to the plain meaning of the words.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Appellee argues his action merely concerns the fact that the prothonotary denied him access to court, and has no effect on his life in prison ...[W]e agree with the prothonotary that a petition for writ of mandamus against the prothonotary may constitute prison conditions litigation and may be subject to the three strikes rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.