Com. v. Crawford, C.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the prohibited conduct in a law criminalizing impersonation of a veteran for profit was unprotected as a form of fraud
• stating that a claim that a sentencing court relied on improper factors raises a substantial question
• “[I]mpersonation done with the intent to obtain some benefit *** is a form of fraud, which has historically been unprotected speech under the First Amendment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Crawford, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-18· cited 1×
• League of Women Voters of Kansas v. Schwab
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-05-31
• Com. v. Dortch, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-07-29

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-03· cited 3,694×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• Commonwealth v. Moury
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-24· cited 2,101×
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 2,052×
• United States v. Stevens
  Supreme Court· 2010-04-20· cited 1,327×
• Commonwealth v. Clay
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-02-08· cited 985×
• Commonwealth v. Evans
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-06-05· cited 933×
• Commonwealth v. Sierra
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-15· cited 756×
• Commonwealth v. Caldwell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-05-29· cited 679×
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-23· cited 624×
• United States v. Alvarez
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-28· cited 536×
• Commonwealth v. Thur
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-04· cited 289×
• Commonwealth v. Manivannan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-05-04· cited 187×
• Pap's A.M. v. City of Erie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-19· cited 179×
• Commonwealth v. Barud
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-30· cited 175×
• Commonwealth v. Gray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-01-20· cited 142×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Magliocco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-28· cited 108×