Commonwealth v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that on a motion for the return of property pursuant to Rule 588(A) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, Pa.R.Crim.P. 588(A), the residual six-year statute of limitation applies
• “Having rejected Setzer’s 30-day statute ■ of limitations, we must decide the appropriate deadline.”
• “It is well settled that decisions of the Superior Court are not binding upon this Court.”
• “There is no precedent for such an awkward procedure because it makes no sense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 68×
• M. Morgalo v. S. Gorniak (SCI Albion Accountant) v. Montgomery County Clerk of Courts
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-08· cited 35×
• MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC v. Clean Air Council
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-15· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. LaBrake
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-23· cited 9×
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. S. Wolfgang
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-07· cited 2×
• D.M. Barren v. PSP, Trooper Wesley Berkebile
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-27· cited 2×
• In re: $300,000 in U.S. Currency ~ Appeal of: Z.X. Xu
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-02-01
• In Re: $300,000 in U.S. Currency -- Appeal of: Z. Xu
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-07-16

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kingston Coal Co. v. Felton Mining Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-21· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Landy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-22· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Romberger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 46×
• In re One 1988 Toyota Corolla
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-30· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. 1978 Toyota
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-16· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Setzer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-20· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Perez
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-01-31· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. 542 Ontario Street, Bethlehem
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-17· cited 18×
• Torchia v. Keystone Foods Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-23· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Three Hundred Ten Thousand Twenty Dollars
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-08· cited 13×
• Muntz v. Com., Dept. of Transp.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-05· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. One 1990 Dodge Ram Van
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-16· cited 10×
• Bender v. McIlhatten
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-01-05· cited 9×
• American Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Credit Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-04· cited 2×