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9 Pennsylvania opinions name it 6 courts 1980–2025 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 |
|---|---|---|
Simmons v. Simmonsgreen1 sentence2001See Simmons v. Simmons, 723 A.2d 221 (Pa. Super. 1998). | 1 | 1 |
United States Ex Rel. Robinson v. Yorkgreen1 sentence1985States are permitted to treat different classes of persons in different ways provided the above-mentioned test is met, McDonald v. Board of Election Commissioners, 394 U.S. 802 , 89 S.Ct. 1404 , 22 L.Ed.2d 739 (1969), and “wide discretion is allowed to the state’s legislature to establish reasonable classifications in promoting the safety and welfare of those within its jurisdiction.” U.S. v. York, 281 F.Supp. 8, 13 (U.S.D.C. of Conn. 1968). | 1 | 1 |
Milford Township Appealgreen1 sentence1980DEK claims, however, that the legislature evidenced an intention to give the exception a more limited scope by the phrase “all brooms and mops and other suitable products manufactured by the handicapped and services rendered by the handicapped.” Because both sides agree that the scope of the law is confined to “suitable” services as well as to suitable products, DEK invokes the rule of ejusdem generis to argue that the mention of “brooms and mops” indicates that only products and services of the nature of those thus itemized are to be considered “suitable.” The above-mentioned doctrine express | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Yocabet v. UPMC Presbyterian
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1 sentence2025However, the third element of the above-mentioned test requires the communication to relate “to a fact of which the attorney was informed by his client, without the presence of strangers.” See id. (emphasis added). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Commonwealth v. McFarland
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2 sentences2019In Commonwealth v. Shaffer, 228 A.2d 727 (Pa. 1972), on facts where the appellant was apprehended twenty-four hours after two burglaries in possession of twenty-five pieces of jewelry bearing individuals’ names and initials, our Supreme Court applied the above-mentioned factors and found “the inference of complicity in the burglary could ‘more likely than not’ flow from the proved fact of possession of recently stolen, non-negotiable property.” McFarland, supra at 594 (citing Shaffer, supra at 737). 2019In contrast, under circumstances where the police arrested an individual in possession of bonds that had been stolen from a private home eleven months earlier, the Court concluded it improper to infer his participation in the -9- J-S33013-19 burglary because “the possibilities of acquisition which do not involve complicity in the [] burglary are numerous.” McFarland, supra at 595 . | 1 | 2019–2019 |
In the Interest of F.P.
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1 sentence2010Based on the above-mentioned standard, the Superior Court found that the evidence presented by the commonwealth was “clearly sufficient to authenticate the instant message transcripts as having originated from [the defendant].” Id. at 95 . | 1 | 2010–2010 |
Jozsa v. Hottenstein
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2 sentences1992Id., 364 Pa.Super. at 474 , 528 A.2d at 608 . 1992Id., 364 Pa.Super. at 474 , 528 A.2d at 608 . | 1 | 1992–1992 |
McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago
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2 sentences1985States are permitted to treat different classes of persons in different ways provided the above-mentioned test is met, McDonald v. Board of Election Commissioners, 394 U.S. 802 , 89 S.Ct. 1404 , 22 L.Ed.2d 739 (1969), and “wide discretion is allowed to the state’s legislature to establish reasonable classifications in promoting the safety and welfare of those within its jurisdiction.” U.S. v. York, 281 F.Supp. 8, 13 (U.S.D.C. of Conn. 1968). 1985States are permitted to treat different classes of persons in different ways provided the above-mentioned test is met, McDonald v. Board of Election Commissioners, 394 U.S. 802 , 89 S.Ct. 1404 , 22 L.Ed.2d 739 (1969), and “wide discretion is allowed to the state’s legislature to establish reasonable classifications in promoting the safety and welfare of those within its jurisdiction.” U.S. v. York, 281 F.Supp. 8, 13 (U.S.D.C. of Conn. 1968). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
Mischenko v. Gowton
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2 sentences1985Cf. Mischenko v. Gowton, 307 Pa.Super. 426 , 453 A.2d 658 (1982); Liquid Carbonic Corp. v. Cooper & Reese, Inc., 272 Pa.Super. 462 , 416 A.2d 549 (1979). 1985Cf. Mischenko v. Gowton, 307 Pa.Super. 426 , 453 A.2d 658 (1982); Liquid Carbonic Corp. v. Cooper & Reese, Inc., 272 Pa.Super. 462 , 416 A.2d 549 (1979). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
Liquid Carbonic Corp. v. Cooper & Reese, Inc.
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2 sentences1985Cf. Mischenko v. Gowton, 307 Pa.Super. 426 , 453 A.2d 658 (1982); Liquid Carbonic Corp. v. Cooper & Reese, Inc., 272 Pa.Super. 462 , 416 A.2d 549 (1979). 1985Cf. Mischenko v. Gowton, 307 Pa.Super. 426 , 453 A.2d 658 (1982); Liquid Carbonic Corp. v. Cooper & Reese, Inc., 272 Pa.Super. 462 , 416 A.2d 549 (1979). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
Queen City Electrical Supply Co. v. Soltis Electric Co.
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2 sentences1984Queen City Electrical Supply v. Soltis Electric Co., 491 Pa. 354 , 421 A.2d 174 (1980); Balk v. Ford Motor Co., supra. The above-mentioned factors must be considered in light of equitable considerations. 1984Queen City Electrical Supply v. Soltis Electric Co., 491 Pa. 354 , 421 A.2d 174 (1980); Balk v. Ford Motor Co., supra. The above-mentioned factors must be considered in light of equitable considerations. | 1 | 1984–1984 |
TOPLOVICH v. SPITMAN
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1 sentence1984Toplovich v. Spitman, 239 Pa.Superior Ct. 327, 361 A.2d 425 (1976). | 1 | 1984–1984 |
Butler Fair & Agricultural Ass'n v. Butler School District
green
1 sentence1980DEK claims, however, that the legislature evidenced an intention to give the exception a more limited scope by the phrase “all brooms and mops and other suitable products manufactured by the handicapped and services rendered by the handicapped.” Because both sides agree that the scope of the law is confined to “suitable” services as well as to suitable products, DEK invokes the rule of ejusdem generis to argue that the mention of “brooms and mops” indicates that only products and services of the nature of those thus itemized are to be considered “suitable.” The above-mentioned doctrine express | 1 | 1980–1980 |
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.