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9 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 1985–2024 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
Attix v. Lehmangreen2 sentences2014As well, Appellants fairly call our attention to our decision in Attix v. Lehman, 925 A.2d 864 (Pa.Super.2007), in which we accepted a broadly worded answer as sufficient to set forth a potentially meritorious defense, noting that “[t]here is no requirement that the answer attached to a petition to open be any more specific than the typical broad answer to a complaint.” Id. at 867 . 2014As well, Appellants fairly call our attention to our decision in Attix v. Lehman, 925 A.2d 864 (Pa.Super.2007), in which we accepted a broadly worded answer as sufficient to set forth a potentially meritorious defense, noting that “[t]here is no requirement that the answer attached to a petition to open be any more specific than the typical broad answer to a complaint.” Id. at 867 . | 2 | 3 |
Stabley v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.green2 sentences2020Tea Co., 89 A.3d 715, 720 (Pa. Super. 2014) (finding general averment of comparative negligence in answer and new matter, in conjunction with assertions made by defendants at hearing on petition to open default judgment, satisfied meritorious-defense prong), quoting Attix v. Lehman, 925 A.2d 864, 867 (Pa. Super. 2007) (concluding “broad averments of contributory negligence in defendant’s -2- J-A13021-20 answer and new matter [attached to a petition to open default judgment were] sufficient to plead a meritorious defense”); see also KWS’s Brief at 37-42. 2020Tea Co., 89 A.3d 715, 720 (Pa. Super. 2014) (finding general averment of comparative negligence in answer and new matter, in conjunction with assertions made by defendants at hearing on petition to open default judgment, satisfied meritorious-defense prong), quoting Attix v. Lehman, 925 A.2d 864, 867 (Pa. Super. 2007) (concluding “broad averments of contributory negligence in defendant’s -2- J-A13021-20 answer and new matter [attached to a petition to open default judgment were] sufficient to plead a meritorious defense”); see also KWS’s Brief at 37-42. | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth, Aplt v. Descaresgreen1 sentence2022See Commonwealth v. Descardes, 101 A.3d 105, 109 (Pa. Super. 2014), vacated, 136 A.3d 493 (Pa. 2016). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Descardesgreen1 sentence2022See Commonwealth v. Descardes, 101 A.3d 105, 109 (Pa. Super. 2014), vacated, 136 A.3d 493 (Pa. 2016). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Albrechtgreen1 sentence2015See Albrecht, 720 A.2d at 701 ; Ballem, 482 A.2d at 1324 . | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Andersongreen2 sentences1993See: Commonwealth v. Anderson, 501 Pa. 275, 287 , 461 A.2d 208, 214 (1983); Commonwealth v. Carter, supra at *489 197, 597 A.2d at 1162 . 1993See: Commonwealth v. Anderson, 501 Pa. 275, 287 , 461 A.2d 208, 214 (1983); Commonwealth v. Carter, supra at *489 197, 597 A.2d at 1162 . | 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. Breisch
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1 sentence2024Commonwealth v. Breisch, 719 A.2d 352 (Pa. Super. 1998), on which Appellant relies, does not support his contention that his PCRA petition set forth a potentially meritorious claim that counsel was ineffective in advising him not to testify. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
Commonwealth v. Ballem
green
1 sentence2015See Albrecht, 720 A.2d at 701 ; Ballem, 482 A.2d at 1324 . | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Terry v. Ohio
green
1 sentence2015Id. at 11-12 . | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Commonwealth v. Carter
green
1 sentence1993See: Commonwealth v. Anderson, 501 Pa. 275, 287 , 461 A.2d 208, 214 (1983); Commonwealth v. Carter, supra at *489 197, 597 A.2d at 1162 . | 1 | 1993–1993 |
Commonwealth v. Abney
green
2 sentences1985Similarly, in Commonwealth v. Abney, 465 Pa. 304 , 350 A.2d 407 (1976), on which appellant also relies, counsel rejected an opportunity to interview and present the testimony of eyewitnesses to a homicide where counsel was aware that their testimony would have exculpated his client. 1985Similarly, in Commonwealth v. Abney, 465 Pa. 304 , 350 A.2d 407 (1976), on which appellant also relies, counsel rejected an opportunity to interview and present the testimony of eyewitnesses to a homicide where counsel was aware that their testimony would have exculpated his client. | 1 | 1985–1985 |
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.