Commonwealth v. Wanamaker

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• indicating that inaction by the General Assembly is relevant only as to decisions wherein this Court construed a statute
• indicating that inaction by the General Assembly is relevant only as to decisions wherein this Court construed a statute
• applying this principle to. the interpretation of language in a reenacted taxing statute
• failure of subsequent legislative body to change by legislative action the law as interpreted by this Court creates a presumption that the interpretation was in accordance with the intent of the Legislature in passing the original statute
• failure of subsequent legislative body to change by legislative action the law as interpreted by this Court creates a presumption that the interpretation was in accordance with the intent of the Legislature in passing the original statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• A.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-15· cited 171×
• Commonwealth v. Lassiter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-23· cited 101×
• Amadio v. Levin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-04· cited 90×
• Stilp v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-13· cited 59×
• Cagey, J., Aplt. v. PennDOT
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-21· cited 57×
• Torres v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-27· cited 25×
• Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-18· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Shaffer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-13· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Beck Electric Construction, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-25· cited 12×
• West Penn Power Co. v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-26· cited 6×
• City of Philadelphia v. Tax Review Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-06-10· cited 5×
• Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-10· cited 4×
• Beneficial Finance Consumer Discount Co. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-19· cited 4×
• Roddey v. County Council of County of Allegheny
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-02-05· cited 3×
• Safe Harbor Water Power Corp. v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-30· cited 1×
• BENEFICIAL FIN. CON. DIS. CO. v. Com. of Pa.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-19
• PPL Elec. Utilities v. City of Lancaster
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-20
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Mason, B.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-03-25

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Allied Building Credits, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-06-25· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. General Foods Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-03-15· cited 26×
• Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board v. Uniontown Hospital Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-12· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-10-07· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Western Maryland Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-10-09· cited 10×