Commonwealth v. Rivers

How courts have described this case

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

• “Inherent in this pleading and proof requirement is that the petitioner must not only state what his issues are, but also he must demonstrate in his pleadings and briefs how the issues will be proved.”

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Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Paddy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-30· cited 385×
• Commonwealth v. Medina
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-28· cited 250×
• Commonwealth v. Bracey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 246×
• Commonwealth v. Fowler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-15· cited 220×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-04· cited 147×
• Commonwealth v. Lauro
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-27· cited 141×
• Commonwealth v. Rush
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-18· cited 138×
• Commonwealth v. Lambert
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. Meadows
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Uderra
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-22· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Roane
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-15· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Bretz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-15· cited 94×
• Commonwealth v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-30· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-25· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Abdul-Salaam
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Chazin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-22· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. May
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-05-25· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-22· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Marinelli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-27· cited 30×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Stone v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 4,303×
• Smith v. Robbins
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-19· cited 3,510×
• Commonwealth v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 2,071×
• Commonwealth v. Albrecht
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-23· cited 654×
• Commonwealth v. Kimball
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-22· cited 512×
• Commonwealth v. Lantzy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-07· cited 472×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 461×
• Commonwealth v. Peterkin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-21· cited 447×
• Commonwealth v. Basemore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 404×
• People v. Coleman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-11-02· cited 297×
• Commonwealth v. Pettus
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-05· cited 291×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-19· cited 234×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-22· cited 197×
• Buehl v. Vaughn
  Third Circuit· 1999-01-20· cited 189×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-18· cited 185×
• Commonwealth v. Chester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-24· cited 171×
• Commonwealth v. Hardcastle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-10-01· cited 146×
• United States v. Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette, United States of America v. Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-05-09· cited 138×

Other cases named Commonwealth v. Rivers

24 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-01· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-15· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-02-02· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-11-01· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-11-03· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-31· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-12-17· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-02-24· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-10· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-08-10· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-29
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-29
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-29
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-01-20
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-09-25
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-16
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2010-12-06
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Henrico County Circuit Court· 1986-12-12
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Williamsburg and James County Circuit Court· 1992-03-27
• Commonwealth v. Rivers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-06-29