DeGeorge v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “county officers and their dependents shall be eligible for inclusion”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. S. Straub Schneider, Elk County Prothonotary v. Elk County Board of Commissioners · Pirillo v. Vanco

2. “Because Section 1556 does not bestow unlimited discretion on Commissioners to determine to whom they wish to provide full-time health benefits and, because this type of statute must be strictly construed so as not to conflict with the public interest, we hold that Commissioners cannot treat similarly situated County officers differently than they treat themselves and others. (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Olson v. Sorg

3. “[A]s long as those benefits are offered generally to county employees, they can be offered to [c]ounty officers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. S. Straub Schneider, Elk County Prothonotary v. Elk County Board of Commissioners