Commonwealth v. Wertelet’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently April 2024
1 federal appellate · 9 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 422 Pa. Super. 153 - Commonwealth v. Quiles · Commonwealth v. Biagini · 327 Pa. Super. 175 - In the Interest of J.L. · 431 Pa. Super. 496 - Commonwealth v. Richardson · In re Philip A.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“: There is no evidence that appellant reared back and kicked Trooper Funk as hard as she could. Indeed, she kicked him with the back of her heel as she was flailing about and squirming while the troopers attempted to handcuff her. Trooper Funk was not seriously impaired by the kicks, he was able to continue working, and he did not report even any bruising or swelling. Trooper Funk's characterization of the pain as similar to”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(Trial T. p. 62.) Trooper Funk did not require any medical treatment for the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]mpairment of physical condition or substantial pain.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re MH · Commonwealth v. Smith
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.