Commonwealth ex rel. Specter v. Bauer

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that district attorneys “have the power—and the duty—to represent the Commonwealth’s interests in the enforcement of its criminal laws”
• recognizing that district attorneys “have the power—and the duty—to represent the Commonwealth’s interests in the enforcement of its criminal laws”
• recognizing District Attorney’s “historical duty of representing the Commonwealth’s interest in the enforcement of its criminal laws”
• finding only that district attorney has power and duty to represent the Commonwealth's interests in law enforcement
• finding only that district attorney has power and duty to represent the Commonwealth’s interests in law enforcement
• District Attorney has \power and duty to represent the Commonwealth's interest in the enforcement of its criminal laws\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harris v. Pernsley
  Third Circuit· 1987-05-15· cited 171×
• Commonwealth v. Garcia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 101×
• In Re Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-14· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Manning
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 41×
• Williams v. Fedor
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-08-04· cited 39×
• Mummau v. Ranck
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1982-01-12· cited 36×
• Jackson v. Hendrick
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-25· cited 27×
• Pokrandt v. Shields
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1991-04-17· cited 24×
• Philadelphia v. Home Agency, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-12-23· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Thornton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-31· cited 11×
• Sprague v. Fitzpatrick
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-01-09· cited 11×
• Harris v. Pernsley
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1986-12-31· cited 9×
• Miller v. County of Centre
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-22· cited 6×
• Defender Ass'n of Philadelphia Amendment of Articles of Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 5×
• Carter v. City of Philadelphia
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1998-04-20· cited 3×
• Lotz v. City of McKeesport
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-15· cited 3×
• Harris v. Pernsley
  Third Circuit· 1987-06-15· cited 2×
• Zold v. Township of Mantua
  D. New Jersey· 1990-05-14· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Bailey
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-26· cited 1×
• Sheasley v. Jenereski (In re Sheasley)
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2018-12-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Dombrowski v. Pfister
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,255×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Specter v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-07-03· cited 59×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Specter v. Freed
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-03-14· cited 40×
• Chalfin v. Specter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-10-02· cited 38×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1956-04-04· cited 20×
• In Re Richards
  D. Maine· 1966-04-15· cited 5×