Commonwealth v. Sanchez

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 similar approach should be taken in the criminal context where the substantive laws of Pennsylvania conflict with those of a sister state
• holding that in conflicts cases involving matters of procedure, we apply our own procedural laws when we are the forum state
• holding information obtained through valid and legal means in a sister state may be used to establish probable cause for a search warrant in Pennsylvania even though means not valid in Pennsylvania
• holding Pennsylvania’s choice-of-law interest analysis applies in criminal cases
• “A substantive right is defined as a right to equal enjoyment of fundamental rights, privileges, and immunities[.]”
• “In conflicts cases involving procedural matters Pennsylvania will apply its own procedural laws whenever serving as the forum state.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Eichinger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 275×
• Commonwealth v. Grays
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-25· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Housman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 118×
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Third Circuit· 2010-06-09· cited 72×
• Hammons, P. v. Ethicon, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-19· cited 33×
• Ferraro v. McCarthy-Pascuzzo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-21· cited 32×
• Sheard v. J.J. DeLuca Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-07· cited 27×
• Larrison v. Larrison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-12· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Black
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-25· cited 15×
• Murray, N. v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-20· cited 12×
• Sinha v. Sinha
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-07· cited 8×
• Melmark, Inc. v. Schutt Ex Rel. Schutt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-08-21
• T.M. v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-16
• Commonwealth v. Britton, S., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-22
• Kornfeind, W. v. New Werner Holding, Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-08-16

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Edmunds
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-04· cited 776×
• Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-10-14· cited 758×
• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-07-24· cited 632×
• Commonwealth v. Davenport
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 232×
• Commonwealth v. Matos
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-26· cited 208×
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-23· cited 177×
• Commonwealth v. Ohle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 157×
• Commonwealth v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-05· cited 142×
• Commonwealth v. Brion
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-30· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-20· cited 94×
• People v. Mayberry
  California Supreme Court· 1982-05-13· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-22· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Dennis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-08· cited 28×
• Frick v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1981-09-18· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Corbo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-29· cited 10×
• Commonwealth, State Board of Nurse Examiners v. Rafferty
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-24· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Rivera
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-28· cited 3×