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Commonwealth v. Zwierzelewski

Citations

  • 177 Pa. Super. 141
  • 110 A.2d 757
  • 1955 Pa. Super. LEXIS 709

How courts have described this case

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

  • \disturbance of the peace\ included disturbance that \took place within the walls and on the grounds of a penitentiary\
  • general riot statute applicable to prison riot; however, legislature subsequently enacted a statute to penalize riots in a penal or correctional institution
  • local firefighters called to extinguish numerous fires, roads surrounding the institution blocked, entire institution taken out of the hands of the officials, and public feared mass prison break

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Consideration, Ervin, Gunther, Hirt, Rhodes, Ross, Side, These, Took, Wood, Woodside, Wright

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