Commonwealth v. Bellis

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the threat requirement distinguishes the crime of extortion from that of bribery

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Carr
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-12· cited 20×
• Merlino v. Philadelphia Board of Pensions & Retirement
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-08· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Bellis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-28· cited 7×
• Bellis v. Board of Pensions & Retirement
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-01· cited 6×
• State v. O'Flynn
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-07-01· cited 5×
• Osser v. City of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-09· cited 4×
• Belsavage, M. v. Miller, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-12

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Commonwealth v. Hude
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 87×
• Boeing Airplane Co. v. Perry
  Supreme Court· 1964-01-13· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Broughton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Tselepis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-06-13· cited 37×
• Estate of Flinn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-05· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Flaherty
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1904-07-28· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Bellis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-16· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Francis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-06-12· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Clopton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-21· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Cabell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-11-15· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Bellis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-23· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Nelson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-09-23· cited 12×
• Hackett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1850-07-25· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Mohn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1866-05-15· cited 12×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cavalucci v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1944-04-11· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Bellis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-13· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Schaffer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-30· cited 2×