Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 3/20/1970
Commonwealth v. Johnston
Citations
- 438 Pa. 485
- 263 A.2d 376
- 41 A.L.R. 3d 576
- 1970 Pa. LEXIS 812
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 homeowner or business owner does not become a provoker by simply exercising his or her legal rights to remove trespassers from the property
- “Life is sacred and if it is merely a question of whether one man should flee or another should die, then certainly the taking of life should be avoided and the person under attack should flee”
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Judges: Bell, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy
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71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CharlestonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-06· cited 278×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. MyrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-04-20· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. WronaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. CropperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 92×
- Western Pennsylvania Socialist Workers 1982 Campaign v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-06· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. LightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 74×
- State v. MillettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1971-02-09· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. CarbonettoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. HilbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-03-21· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. AmbersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. McGroganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-30· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. GloverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-01-20· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. StoffanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-06-21· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. GagneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-28· cited 50×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. NobleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-05-26· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-03· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. WilkesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-04-21· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. RussoguloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1919-01-04· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. UpdegroveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-17· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1906-01-02· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. BreyesseeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1894-03-26· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. CollazoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-05-21· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. FraserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-01-07· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. CrewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-03-15· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. VassarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-05-26· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BurnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-05-21· cited 10×
- Sloan v. SchomakerPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1890-10-06· cited 8×
- Yoder v. YoderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1913-01-06· cited 6×
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