Commonwealth v. Stewart

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that compelled production of documents for in camera review, and discovery of documents deemed relevant and non‑privileged, does not impermissibly intrude upon exercise of religious beliefs and practices even though documents were confidential under canon law
• holding that compelled production of documents for in camera review, and discovery of documents deemed relevant and non-privileged, does not impermissibly intrude upon exercise of religious beliefs and practices even though documents were confidential under canon law
• holding that compelled production of documents for in camera review, and discovery of documents deemed relevant and non-privileged, does not impermissibly intrude upon exercise of religious beliefs and practices even though documents were confidential under canon law
• observing that application of clergyman privilege “is not based solely on the clergy’s status, but whether the communication was made in confidence in the context of a penitential or spiritual matter”
• observing “[e]xceptions to the demand for every man’s evidence are not lightly created nor expansively construed, for they are in derogation of the search for truth.”
• observing “[e]xceptions to the demand for every man's evidence are not lightly created nor expansively construed, for they are in derogation of the search for truth.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Reese
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-04· cited 138×
• Gillard v. AIG Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-23· cited 85×
• G. BouSamra, M.D. v. Excela Health, Aplts.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-18· cited 65×
• Joe v. Prison Health Services, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-09-25· cited 56×
• Com., Dept. of Transp. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-01-20· cited 55×
• In re Thirty-third Statewide Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-18· cited 53×
• Thomas v. Corbett
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-29· cited 43×
• Red Vision Systems, Inc. v. National Real Estate Information Services, L.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-13· cited 39×
• Reginelli v. Marcellus Boggs, M.D., Monongahela Valley Hosp., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-03-27· cited 38×
• Africa v. Horn
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-30· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Spetzer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 32×
• Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-07-25· cited 27×
• Com. v. Cook, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-07· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-01-30· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Mejia-Arias
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-14· cited 24×
• Octave ex rel. Octave v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-30· cited 21×
• In Re Subpoena No. 22.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-03-02· cited 18×
• Koken v. One Beacon Insurance
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-28· cited 18×
• ROMAN CATH. ARCHBISHOP OF LA v. Super. Ct.
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-07-25· cited 15×
• Joyner v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-22· cited 12×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wisconsin v. Yoder
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 3,250×
• Sherbert v. Verner
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 2,650×
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 2,569×
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Trammel v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-02-27· cited 1,217×
• Herbert v. Lando
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-18· cited 1,085×
• In Re Grand Jury Investigation. Appeal of United States of America
  Third Circuit· 1990-10-29· cited 99×
• Reverend W. Eugene Scott, Phd. v. Joel Rosenberg
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-04-22· cited 68×
• Bernard and Odette Port v. Jack Heard, Sheriff of Harris County, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-07-01· cited 61×
• Hutchison v. Luddy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-24· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Patterson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-06· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Cody
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-04· cited 31×
• Scott v. Hammock
  Utah Supreme Court· 1994-03-04· cited 22×
• Muslim v. Frame
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-06-30· cited 17×
• Fahlfeder v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-02· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-02· cited 9×
• Sherman v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1926-01-18· cited 4×
• In re Morrill-Mascott Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1923-02-16· cited 2×