Commonwealth v. Shaffer

How courts have described this case

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

• reminding the Pennsylvania Superior Court of its duty and obligation to follow the decisional law of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Foley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-15· cited 76×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Lynn, W.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-04-27· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Doughty, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-18· cited 66×
• Beneficial Consumer Discount Co. v. Vukman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-25· cited 64×
• Lucchino v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-23· cited 57×
• L.B. Foster Co. v. Charles Caracciolo Steel & Metal Yard, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-30· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-26· cited 49×
• Kendrick v. DA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 44×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Childs, W.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-07-19· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Burkhardt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-22· cited 37×
• Victor McKeever v. Warden Sci-Graterford Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania District Attorney, Erie County
  Third Circuit· 2007-05-10· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Kohan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-23· cited 32×
• Wilson v. Vaughn
  Third Circuit· 2008-07-18· cited 26×
• Burstein v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-11-29· cited 23×
• In Re Estate of Cambest
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-03· cited 20×
• Com. v. Seals, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-02-17· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Sileo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-09-01· cited 6×
• Costello v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-13· cited 5×
• Kendrick v. District Attorney of County of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 2007-06-07· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Russello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-11-01· cited 2,703×
• United States v. Turkette
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-17· cited 2,648×
• Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public Education
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 419×
• Delph v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-11-06· cited 338×
• United States v. Elliott
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-04-21· cited 305×
• United States v. Anthony Provenzano, Stephen Andretta, and Thomas Andretta
  Third Circuit· 1980-05-08· cited 223×
• United States v. Harry Aleman and Leonard Foresta
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-10-30· cited 188×
• Commonwealth v. Tilghman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-03-29· cited 181×
• United States v. Justin Rone, United States of America v. Roy Dupont Little
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-06-13· cited 180×
• Washington v. Baxter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-29· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Sutley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 112×
• Fonner v. Shandon, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-21· cited 111×
• United States v. Joseph Motley Whitehead, United States of America v. Wayne Holley, United States of America v. Aubrey Henderson
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-03-20· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Brion
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-30· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Lassiter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-23· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. Scoleri
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-04-04· cited 66×
• County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-07· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Randolph
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-29· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Besch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-17· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Willson Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-10-09· cited 46×