Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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

1. “In an age when nontraditional living arrangements are commonplace, it is hard to imagine that the common sense of the community would serve to eliminate adult persons residing with a non-custodial child from the scope of a statute protecting the physical and moral welfare of children. Accepting [A]ppellant’s argument would be to accept the idea that this statute is limited to only those persons with permanent, temporary, or other quasi-legal custody of children. The common sense interpretation of the language of the statute and this Court’s recent case law do not support such a narrow reading.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2012 Pa. Super. 257 - Commonwealth v. Bryant

2. “§ 4304. Endangering welfare of children (a) Offense defined.— (1) A parent, guardian or other person supervising the welfare of a child under 18 years of age, or a person that employs or supervises such a person, commits an offense if he knowingly endangers the welfare of the child by violating a duty of care, protection or support.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2007 Pa. Super. 260 - Commonwealth v. Trippett