Workman v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “[t]he question is not whether the Commonwealth’s bargain was wise or foolish. The question is whether the Commonwealth should be permitted to break its word[]”
• overruled by Morton v. Commonwealth, Ky., 817 S.W.2d 218 [1991]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hoskins v. Maricle
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 335×
• Fraser v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-09-27· cited 129×
• Cooke v. Orser
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1982-02-22· cited 78×
• Skinner v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-10-28· cited 56×
• People v. Fisher
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-01-24· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Reyes
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-01-19· cited 49×
• Haight v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-11-21· cited 48×
• Morton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-08-29· cited 40×
• Haight v. Williamson
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-05-14· cited 28×
• Haight v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-09-08· cited 26×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-01-21· cited 25×
• Mikel W. Houston v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-01-08· cited 20×
• People v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-04-24· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Maricle
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 17×
• Roberts v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-02-16· cited 17×
• Brock v. Sowders
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1980-11-03· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Hayes
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-07-02· cited 15×
• Shaffer v. Morgan
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Fint
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-02-27· cited 12×
• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1982-12-17· cited 12×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Olmstead v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1928-06-04· cited 2,291×
• In Re United States of America, United States of America v. Ray Cowan and Jack Jacobsen, Wayne O. Woodruff, Special Prosecutors
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-12-08· cited 199×
• People v. Reagan
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1975-11-25· cited 100×
• State v. Davis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-06-17· cited 46×
• Butler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-11-28· cited 34×
• Kidd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1934-09-28· cited 17×