4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 45 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 Smith v. Board of Probation & Parole.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith v. Board of Probation & Parole Anchor | green | “as long as the period of recommitment is within the presumptive range for the violation, the commonwealth court will not entertain challenges to the propriety of the term of recommitment.” | 22 |
| 2 | Pittman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole | green | “the board must provide a contemporaneous statement explaining its reason for denying a cpv credit for time spent at liberty on parole.” | 12 |
| 3 | Davenport v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole | green | “the backtime imposed by the board cannot be more than the entire remaining balance of the unexpired term which a parole violator would have been compelled to serve if he had not been paroled.” | 3 |
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.