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8 Pennsylvania opinions name it 3 courts 1983–2026 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 |
|---|---|---|
Reese v. Adamsongreen1 sentence2023See, e.g., Williams v. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 2 Pa. Cmwlth. 312, 314-15 (1971) (analyzing the relevant statutes and explaining that they “serve not only to buttress the certainty of our jurisdiction . . . but also to define its perimeters”). 12 The Majority explains “a court shall not consider a declaratory judgment matter unless satisfied that its jurisdiction has been invoked.” Ferguson, slip op. at 6 (citing Reese v. Adamson, 146 A. 262, 263 (Pa. 1929)). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Santiagogreen1 sentence2017See Santiago, supra; D’ Amato, supra. Therefore, Appellant fails to satisfy the ineffectiveness test. | 1 | 1 |
Bantum v. American Stock Exchangegreen1 sentence2009Bantun, 777 N.Y.S.2d at 140 (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Gunter v. Guntergreen2 sentences1983We recognize that the hearing held in this case was hastily advanced so as to accommodate the presence of appellant in this Commonwealth, but we cannot “permit a child’s future to be disposed of in a summary fashion.” Gunter v. Gunter, 240 Pa.Super. 382, 402 , 361 A.2d 307, 317 (1976). 1983We recognize that the hearing held in this case was hastily advanced so as to accommodate the presence of appellant in this Commonwealth, but we cannot “permit a child’s future to be disposed of in a summary fashion.” Gunter v. Gunter, 240 Pa.Super. 382, 402 , 361 A.2d 307, 317 (1976). | 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. Peterkin
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1 sentence2026In a cursory analysis, the Superior Court determined that these statements “were akin to a prosecutor offering his or her opinion of the truth or falsity of the evidence presented by a criminal defendant, and such opinions are inadmissible at trial.” Id. at 521 (citing Commonwealth v. Peterkin, 649 A.2d 121 (Pa. 1994)).11 This Court has yet to address the propriety of Kitchen’s holding in this regard. | 1 | 2026–2026 |
Commonwealth v. Kitchen
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1 sentence2026In a cursory analysis, the Superior Court determined that these statements “were akin to a prosecutor offering his or her opinion of the truth or falsity of the evidence presented by a criminal defendant, and such opinions are inadmissible at trial.” Id. at 521 (citing Commonwealth v. Peterkin, 649 A.2d 121 (Pa. 1994)).11 This Court has yet to address the propriety of Kitchen’s holding in this regard. | 1 | 2026–2026 |
Commonwealth v. Thompson
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1 sentence2016Id. at 488-89 . | 1 | 2016–2016 |
Rush v. Scott Specialty Gases, Inc.
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1 sentence1998Thus, to the extent that it is inconsistent with our decision today, it is rejected. [6] Courts that have held punitive damages to be permissible include Sarko v. Penn-Del Directory Co., 968 F.Supp. 1026 (E.D.Pa.1997); Rush v. Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., 914 F.Supp. 104 (E.D.Pa.1996); Jackson & Coker, Inc. v. Lynam, 840 F.Supp. 1040 (E.D.Pa.1993); Galeone v. American Packaging Corporation, 764 F.Supp. 349 (E.D.Pa.1991). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Galeone v. American Packaging Corp.
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1 sentence1998Thus, to the extent that it is inconsistent with our decision today, it is rejected. [6] Courts that have held punitive damages to be permissible include Sarko v. Penn-Del Directory Co., 968 F.Supp. 1026 (E.D.Pa.1997); Rush v. Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., 914 F.Supp. 104 (E.D.Pa.1996); Jackson & Coker, Inc. v. Lynam, 840 F.Supp. 1040 (E.D.Pa.1993); Galeone v. American Packaging Corporation, 764 F.Supp. 349 (E.D.Pa.1991). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Sarko v. Penn-Del Directory Co.
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1 sentence1998Thus, to the extent that it is inconsistent with our decision today, it is rejected. [6] Courts that have held punitive damages to be permissible include Sarko v. Penn-Del Directory Co., 968 F.Supp. 1026 (E.D.Pa.1997); Rush v. Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., 914 F.Supp. 104 (E.D.Pa.1996); Jackson & Coker, Inc. v. Lynam, 840 F.Supp. 1040 (E.D.Pa.1993); Galeone v. American Packaging Corporation, 764 F.Supp. 349 (E.D.Pa.1991). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Jackson and Coker, Inc. v. Lynam
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1 sentence1998Thus, to the extent that it is inconsistent with our decision today, it is rejected. [6] Courts that have held punitive damages to be permissible include Sarko v. Penn-Del Directory Co., 968 F.Supp. 1026 (E.D.Pa.1997); Rush v. Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., 914 F.Supp. 104 (E.D.Pa.1996); Jackson & Coker, Inc. v. Lynam, 840 F.Supp. 1040 (E.D.Pa.1993); Galeone v. American Packaging Corporation, 764 F.Supp. 349 (E.D.Pa.1991). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Commonwealth v. Willis
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2 sentences1992In Willis , where the trial court gave only a cursory instruction on alibi, we cited Pounds as the controlling precedent and stated, “[t]he trial court’s failure to charge the jury that it should acquit if [Willis’] alibi evidence, even if not wholly believed, raised a reasonable doubt of his presence at the scene of the crime when it was committed was error.” 520 Pa. at 294 , 553 A.2d at 962 . 1992In Willis , where the trial court gave only a cursory instruction on alibi, we cited Pounds as the controlling precedent and stated, “[t]he trial court’s failure to charge the jury that it should acquit if [Willis’] alibi evidence, even if not wholly believed, raised a reasonable doubt of his presence at the scene of the crime when it was committed was error.” 520 Pa. at 294 , 553 A.2d at 962 . | 1 | 1992–1992 |
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.