Commonwealth v. Brandon’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Barud · Council of Middletown Township v. Benham · Harris-Walsh, Inc. v. Dickson City Borough · United Tavern Owners v. Philadelphia School District · Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Ass'n v. Pittsburgh
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) Does the ordinance conflict with the state law, either because of conflicting policies or operational effect, that is, does the ordinance forbid what the legislature has permitted? (2) Was the state law intended expressly or impliedly to be exclusive in the field? (3) Does the subject matter reflect a need for uniformity? (4) Is the state scheme so pervasive or comprehensive that it precludes coexistence of municipal regulation? (5) Does the ordinance stand as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of the legislature?”
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.