Commonwealth v. Rosenbloom Finance Corp.

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• stating that “referential and qualifying words and phrases, where no contrary intention appears, refer solely to the last antecedent, which consists of ‘the last word, phrase or clause that can be made an antecedent without impairing the meaning of the sentence’ ” (citations omitted)
• stating that “referential and qualifying words and phrases, where no contrary intention appears, refer solely to the last antecedent, which consists of ‘the last word, phrase, or clause that can be made an antecedent without impairing the meaning of the sentence’ ” (citations omitted)
• “When several words are followed by a modifying phrase which is applicable as much to the first and other words as to the last, the natural construction of the language demands that the modifying phrase be read as applicable to all.”

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14 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 35×
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  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-08· cited 30×
• Contrans, Inc. v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
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  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 25×
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  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-11-13· cited 5×
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  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-18· cited 1×
• Tri-Quality Enterprises, Inc. v. Total Sys. Tech., Inc.
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Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Bass
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-20· cited 1,739×
• Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Mor
  Supreme Court· 1920-06-07· cited 190×
• Commonwealth v. Alcoa Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 25×
• Buscaglia v. Bowie
  First Circuit· 1943-12-17· cited 9×

Other cases named Commonwealth v. Rosenbloom Finance Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Commonwealth v. Rosenbloom Finance Corp.
  Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1969-10-31