Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 8 Pa. Commw. 6 - Baron v. Civil Service Commission · Omelchenko v. HOUS. AUTH., CO. OF LEBANON. · Warner v. Civil Service Commission · 80 Pa. Commw. 486 - Warren State Hospital v. Yaegle
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The appointing authority in a Civil Service case has no burden to prove that the employee who has been disciplined for failure to follow an important work rule has done so intentionally or with prurient motive unless it has charged the employee with having such intention or motive. Warren State Hospital v. Yaegle, 80 Pa. Com monwealth Ct. 486, 471 A.2d 1302 (1984) (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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