Zemprelli v. Thornburgh

How courts have described this case

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

• “No legally operative principle has yet countered the philosophical dictum by which Ralph Waldo Emerson has, over the years, comforted judges along with legislators and executives, stating that a ‘foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds’.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Zemprelli v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-25· cited 15×
• Morganelli Ex Rel. Commonwealth v. Casey
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-21· cited 9×
• Keystone Chapter, Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-13· cited 9×
• State Ex Rel. Gebelein v. Killen
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-12-20· cited 6×
• Independent State Store Union v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-07· cited 4×
• Evans v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-13· cited 1×
• Robertson v. Western Virginia Water Authority
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2011-07-25

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-06· cited 2,532×
• Scarano v. Central R. Co. Of New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 1953-04-14· cited 484×
• In Re Gross
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 205×
• Sweeney v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 168×
• State Highway Commission of Missouri v. Volpe
  Eighth Circuit· 1973-04-02· cited 82×
• Leedom v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-03· cited 80×
• Specter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Harmon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-24· cited 75×
• Zemprelli v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-29· cited 41×
• Bell v. Thornburgh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 37×
• Selected Risks Insurance v. Kobelinski
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-10-12· cited 23×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Broom v. Hanley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1848-01-22· cited 22×
• Taggart v. Board of Directors of Canon-McMillan Joint School System
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-11-13· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Sheatz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1910-05-16· cited 19×
• Buehler v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1924-03-17· cited 18×
• Wade v. Woodings-Verona Tool Works, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-03-19· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Wise
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1907-01-07· cited 13×
• Frank v. Tucker
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-15· cited 4×
• Frank v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-22· cited 1×