Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/14/1987
Commonwealth v. Black
Citations
- 530 A.2d 423
- 365 Pa. Super. 502
- 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8832
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “[a] policeman ordinarily need not secure a warrant before confiscating contraband which he observes in plain view; however, he cannot properly seize evidence which he uncovers after entering a place where he has no legal right to be.”
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Judges: Cirillo, Beck, Hester
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. BennettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. PetrollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-18· cited 45×
- Watson v. Abington TownshipThird Circuit· 2007-02-16· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. PersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-04-25· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. CruzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-18· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. ReissSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-22· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. DewarSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-03· cited 15×
- Luzzi v. Commonwealth, State Horse Racing CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-05· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. Tau Kappa EpsilonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-16· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BuckmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-10· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-27· cited 3×
- Luzzi v. PA. ST. HORSE RACING COMM.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-05· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Torres & CruzPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1993-01-21
Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1979-01-15· cited 6,103×
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court· 1967-06-05· cited 3,591×
- New Jersey v. T. L. O.Supreme Court· 1985-01-15· cited 2,391×
- Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1984-04-17· cited 1,923×
- See v. City of SeattleSupreme Court· 1967-06-05· cited 1,228×
- New York v. BurgerSupreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 1,072×
- O'CONNOR v. OrtegaSupreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 1,069×
- United States v. BiswellSupreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 945×
- Mancusi v. DeForteSupreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 745×
- Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1970-02-25· cited 732×
- Donovan v. DeweySupreme Court· 1981-06-17· cited 688×
- Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 105×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-08-05· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. EliffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-11· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. WeimerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-12-28· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. WeikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-10· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. LutzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-17· cited 27×
- Lanchester v. Pennsylvania State Horse Racing CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-09-26· cited 18×
- Peterson v. Commonwealth, State Horse Racing CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-18· cited 16×
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