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clear legal standard in Pennsylvania

6 Pennsylvania opinions name it 1 courts 1934–2016 0 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.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Commonwealth v. Jonesgreen
pasuperct · 2003 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
1 sentence

2016See Commonwealth v. Jones, 826 A.2d 900, 907 (Pa. Super. 2003) (“An abuse of discretion is not merely an error of judgment, but if in -8- J-A10016-16 reaching a conclusion the law is overridden or misapplied or the judgment exercised is manifestly unreasonable, or the result of partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill will, as shown by the evidence or the record, discretion is abused.”) (emphasis added).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Matter of Terwilliger green
pasuperct · 1982
2 sentences

1994Id. at 568, 450 A.2d at 1384 .

1994Id. at 568, 450 A.2d at 1384 .

41994–1994
Zukowsky v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. neutral
pa · 1921
1 sentence

1934Co., 270 Pa. 132 , 113 A. 62 ) is, that returning home from employment is not considered as furthering the master’s business unless there is a special contract covering such incidents.

11934–1934
Strohl v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Co. neutral
pa · 1921
1 sentence

1934Co., 270 Pa. 132 , 113 A. 62 ) is, that returning home from employment is not considered as furthering the master’s business unless there is a special contract covering such incidents.

11934–1934
Morucci v. Susquehanna Collieries Co. green
· 1929
2 sentences

1934The question involved in this appeal is fully discussed and early cases distinguished and classified by Mr. Justice Kephart in Morucci v. Susquehanna Collieries Co., 297 Pa. 508 , 147 A. 533 , in which we find the following (p. 512): “The clear legal principle to be deduced from the case just discussed (Strohl v. Eastern Pa. Rys.

1934The question involved in this appeal is fully discussed and early cases distinguished and classified by Mr. Justice Kephart in Morucci v. Susquehanna Collieries Co., 297 Pa. 508 , 147 A. 533 , in which we find the following (p. 512): “The clear legal principle to be deduced from the case just discussed (Strohl v. Eastern Pa. Rys.

11934–1934

Where else courts name it

MI 324 (1975–2026) WV 37 (1992–2025) TX 11 (1956–2025) CA 7 (2010–2017) NY 6 (1907–2010) OH 6 (2017–2022) PA 6 (1934–2016) CT 5 (1990–1993) GA 5 (2021–2025) AZ 2 (2013–2021) MO 2 (2015–2015) MD 2 (1966–2007) FL 2 (1993–2017) ME 2 (2001–2003) WA 2 (2010–2010) LA 2 (2010–2010)

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.

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