Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/26/1986
Commonwealth v. Gordon
Citations
- 515 A.2d 558
- 511 Pa. 481
- 1986 Pa. LEXIS 853
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- pharmacist engaging in illicit and clandestine drug deals for prescription drugs is like common “street pusher”
- pharmacist engaging in illicit and clandestine drug deals for prescription drugs is like common \street pusher\
- strict construction does not require that the words of a criminal statute be given their narrowest meaning or that the Legislature's evident intent be disregarded
- strict construction does not require that the words of a criminal statute be given their narrowest meaning or that the Legislature's evident intent be disregarded
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Papadakos, Hutchinson, Zappala
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Mutual Benefit Insurance v. HaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-05· cited 189×
- Commonwealth v. FithianSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-17· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. BoothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-02-20· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. LassiterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-23· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-01-17· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-23· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. GordonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-30· cited 74×
- Dechert LLP v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-07-20· cited 55×
- United States v. Louis Parise, Jr.Third Circuit· 1998-10-28· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. FremdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-15· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. KowalekSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-12· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. DiakatosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-03-20· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. RunionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-22· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. RosenzweigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-19· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-07· cited 11×
- Bhattacharjee v. Department of StateCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-25· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. NernbergSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-25· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PriceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-05-02· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-29· cited 3×
Cites
4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Zimmerman v. O'BANNONSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-03-11· cited 82×
- Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers v. Commonwealth, Bureau of Employment Security Department of Labor & IndustrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-30· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 40×
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