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13 Pennsylvania opinions name it 5 courts 1986–2024 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Rhodesgreen2 sentences1994This list of possible factors is by no means exclusive.” Id. at 555-56 , 510 A.2d at 1226 . (emphasis in original) The Rhodes court specifically refused to set forth all of the possible circumstances that might tend to demonstrate that intercourse was by forcible compulsion or threat of forcible compulsion, leaving such delineation to “evolve in the best tradition of the common law — by development of a body of case law. . . .” Id. 1994This list of possible factors is by no means exclusive.” Id. at 555-56 , 510 A.2d at 1226 . (emphasis in original) The Rhodes court specifically refused to set forth all of the possible circumstances that might tend to demonstrate that intercourse was by forcible compulsion or threat of forcible compulsion, leaving such delineation to “evolve in the best tradition of the common law — by development of a body of case law. . . .” Id. | 2 | 11 |
Commonwealth v. Dormangreen1 sentence2020Commonwealth v. Frank, 577 A.2d 609 , 618 19 (Pa. Super.), app. denied, 584 A.2d 312 (Pa. 1990) (quoting Rhodes, 510 A.2d at 1226 ); see Commonwealth v. Dorman, 547 A.2d 757, 762 (Pa. Super. 1988), app. denied, 571 A.2d 380 (Pa. 1989) (finding important factor to be that l d fendant, "who was the victim's uncle, occupied a position of authority and trust such that the I ' victim would feel coerced to submit to his demands out of a sense of duty or obedience"). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Titusgreen1 sentence2017Commonwealth v. Titus, 556 A.2d 425, 427 (Pa.Super. 1989), quoting Rhodes, 510 A.2d at 1226 . - 13 - J. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Frank
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2 sentences2020Commonwealth v. Frank, 577 A.2d 609 , 618 19 (Pa. Super.), app. denied, 584 A.2d 312 (Pa. 1990) (quoting Rhodes, 510 A.2d at 1226 ); see Commonwealth v. Dorman, 547 A.2d 757, 762 (Pa. Super. 1988), app. denied, 571 A.2d 380 (Pa. 1989) (finding important factor to be that l d fendant, "who was the victim's uncle, occupied a position of authority and trust such that the I ' victim would feel coerced to submit to his demands out of a sense of duty or obedience"). 2020Commonwealth v. Frank, 577 A.2d 609 , 618 19 (Pa. Super.), app. denied, 584 A.2d 312 (Pa. 1990) (quoting Rhodes, 510 A.2d at 1226 ); see Commonwealth v. Dorman, 547 A.2d 757, 762 (Pa. Super. 1988), app. denied, 571 A.2d 380 (Pa. 1989) (finding important factor to be that l d fendant, "who was the victim's uncle, occupied a position of authority and trust such that the I ' victim would feel coerced to submit to his demands out of a sense of duty or obedience"). | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Small v. Juniata College
green
1 sentence2001This section states the important factors to be weighed against each other and balanced in arriving at a judgment; but it does not exhaust the list of possible factors.” Id. | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff v. Epstein
green
1 sentence1993Id. | 1 | 1993–1993 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.