Seeton v. Adams

How courts have described this case

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

• a discretionary action, such as a DA’s decision to bring charges in any given case, cannot be compelled by mandamus
• “the decision not to prosecute criminal charges is beyond judicial review under any theory”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• S. Parks Miller, DA v. County of Centre
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-15· cited 15×
• M. Konieczny v. S.A. Zappala, Jr., D.A. of Allegheny County
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-06-07
• Twin Lakes Utilities, Inc. v. PA PUC
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-08-11
• D. Corbo v. Chester County, & D.A. D. Ryan in her Official Capacity
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-04-10
• R.A. Bethke v. City of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-07-21

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Nixon
  Supreme Court· 1974-07-24· cited 4,095×
• Mazur v. Trinity Area School District
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-17· cited 151×
• Weaver v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-01-30· cited 134×
• Travis v. Teter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-04-01· cited 113×
• Pennsylvania Dental Ass'n v. Commonwealth Insurance Department
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-22· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. DiPasquale
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-03· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Stipetich
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-23· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Benz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-11-01· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Jury
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-09· cited 33×
• Maxwell v. Farrell School District Board of Directors
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-14· cited 33×
• Waters v. Samuel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-05-23· cited 32×
• Maxwell v. FARRELL SCH. DIST. BD. OF DIRS.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-14· cited 31×
• Pennsylvania Department of Banking v. NCAS of Delaware, LLC
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-28· cited 16×
• Nader v. Hughes
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-06-02· cited 10×
• Bald Eagle Area School District v. County of Centre, Board of Assessment Appeals
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-31· cited 9×
• Bradley v. Casey
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-26· cited 6×
• Brown v. Commonwealth, Department of Corrections
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-20· cited 6×
• Mohler v. Labor Day Committee, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-05· cited 3×

Other cases named Seeton v. Adams

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Seeton v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-24
• Seeton v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-24
• Seeton v. Adams
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-10-29