Commonwealth v. Price

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that FBI agents lack authority to stop and arrest a motorist for vehicle code violations
• holding that FBI agents lack authority to stop and arrest a motorist for vehicle code violations
• concluding that an FBI agent stopping a driver constituted state action in a prosecution under Pennsylvania law
• concluding that an FBI ■ agent lacked authority to arrest a defendant for driving under the influence, and that the exclusionary rule barred all evidence obtained as a result of the stop
• finding that a traffic stop conducted by an FBI agent was unlawful action fairly attributable to the state that required application of exclusionary rule
• holding that an FBI agent engaged in conduct fairly attributable to the state when he stopped the defendant by using his lights and sirens and displayed his FBI badge, an “obvious display of authority” which “imbued his actions with an official aura”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-04· cited 292×
• Commonwealth v. Elmobdy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-24· cited 129×
• In the Interest of C.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-20· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-19· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Cooper
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-08· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Mendenhall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-29· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Ruey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-06· cited 62×
• Kopko v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-28· cited 49×
• Downey v. Crozer-Chester Medical Center
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-07· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Mathis, D., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-22· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Shaffer, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-18· cited 29×
• McKinley v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-18· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Bradley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-12· cited 23×
• McKinley v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-19· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Yim
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-12· cited 21×
• McKinley v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-19· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Sadvari
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-18· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Brandt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-27· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Carlson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-13· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Hlubin, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-31· cited 16×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Coolidge v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-25· cited 4,631×
• Commonwealth v. Edmunds
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-04· cited 776×
• Commonwealth v. Mason
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-03· cited 144×
• Commonwealth v. Murray
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Corley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-23· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Leet
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-04· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Galloway
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-15· cited 17×