7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 52 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. Baker.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth v. Baker Anchor | green | “referring to anything in the record that might arguably support the appeal.” | 21 |
| 2 | Gaito v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole | green | “when the board refuses to credit a convicted parole violator with time spent free on parole there is neither a usurpation of the judicial function of sentencing nor a denial of the procedural safeguards to which persons are entitled.” | 8 |
| 3 | Young v. Com. Bd. of Probation and Parole | green | “is not an encroachment upon the judicial sentencing power.” | 7 |
| 4 | Hughes v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole | green | “complex or otherwise difficult to develop or present.” | 7 |
| 5 | R.Barnes v. PBPP | green | “the period of time for which the parole violator is required to serve shall be computed from and begin on the date that the parole violator is taken into custody to be returned to the institution as a parole violator.” | 4 |
| 6 | Hughes v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole | green | “(i) that he has not committed the alleged violation of the conditions upon which he is at liberty; or (ii) that, even if the violation is a matter of public record or is uncontested, there are substantial reasons which justified or mitigated the violation and make revocation ina…” | 3 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. Baker | green | “that might arguably support the appeal.” | 2 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.