Commonwealth v. Diakatos

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the legal concept that “when interpreting a statute, it is presumed that the legislature did not intend an absurd or unreasonable result.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• C.R.F. v. S.E.F
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-25· cited 295×
• E.D. v. M.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-09· cited 268×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-23· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Reaser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-29· cited 47×
• In Re Adoption of J.A.S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-18· cited 38×
• Lynn v. Nationwide Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-01· cited 28×
• Fordyce v. Clerk of Courts
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-02-07· cited 12×
• Harburg Medical Sales Co. v. Bureau of Workers' Compensation
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-18· cited 11×
• In Re: Adoption of R.A.B., Appeal of: N.M.E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-21· cited 9×
• In Re Slaughter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-27· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Wituszynski
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-04· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Wituszynski
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-11-29· cited 5×
• H.Z. v. M.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-02-08· cited 3×
• Jones v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-11-08· cited 2×
• C.L. v. M.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-07-08· cited 1×
• L.A.M. v. C.R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-27· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Gordon
  Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-12-15

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Sitkin's Junk Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-10-09· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Henderson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-10· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Kowalek
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-12· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-26· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Tharp
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-05· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Highhawk
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-16· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Elliott
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-07· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-29· cited 3×