Commonwealth v. Bretz

How courts have described this case

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

• where criminal statute proscribes maintenance of “any ... slot machine or any device to be used for gambling purposes,” the Commonwealth need only prove that the device was a slot machine; it need not also show “actual use in a gambling operation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Gerulis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Dumont
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-23· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Giugliano
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-25· cited 9×
• United States v. Conley
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-09-03· cited 6×
• United States v. Conley
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-02-03· cited 6×
• In Re Return of Property Confiscated October 30, 1999 From 411 East Mac Dade Boulevard
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-29· cited 3×
• Regal Vending, Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-18
• Wareham v. Jeffes
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1987-09-09
• POM of PA v. Dep't of Rev.; Apl. of: Dep't of Rev.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-06-15
• In re: Three PA Skill Amusement; Apl. of: Comm
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-06-15

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bensalem Township School District v. Bucks County Commissioners
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-04-06· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Blythe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-07-21· cited 17×
• Nu-Ken Novelty, Inc. v. Heller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-24· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. 84-QT. BTLS. Bianco DiVerona Wine
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 13×
• Connelly v. Weber
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-11-13· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 7×
• Marnell v. Mount Carmel Joint School System & Joint School Committee
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-01-03· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Joyce
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-12-12· cited 5×
• Klug v. Gazey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-12· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. CANCILLIERI Et Vir.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-01-12· cited 3×