Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decisions 2011
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Date: December 30, 2011
Docket Number: 518 EAL 2011
Date: December 30, 2011
Docket Number: 546 EAL 2011
Date: December 30, 2011
Docket Number: 701 MAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 105 MM 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 107 MM 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 161 EM 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 1765 DD3
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 1765 DD3
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 217 Appellate Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 217 Appellate Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 243 EAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 476 EAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 483 WAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 490 EAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 510 WAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 514 EAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 524 EAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 593 MAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 622 MAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 623 MAL 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 689 DD3
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 689 DD3
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 90 EM 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 118 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 202 & 204 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 281 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 317 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 384 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 395 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 411 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 413 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 416 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 423 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 424 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 430 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 461 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 473 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 477-478 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 480 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 497 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 505 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 509 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 538 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 572 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 580 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 600 WAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 604 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 610 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 615 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 618 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 627 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 636 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 659 MAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 83 EAL 2011
Date: December 28, 2011
Docket Number: 898 MAL 2011
Date: December 27, 2011
Docket Number: 100 WM 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 1727 DD3
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 1736 DD3
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 1791 DD3
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 422 WAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 498 MAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 532 MAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 537 EAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 554 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 554 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 554 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 555 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 555 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 555 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 555 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 557 MAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 583 MAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 715 MAL 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 87 RST 2011
Date: December 23, 2011
Docket Number: 88 RST 2011
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 1 AB
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 1 AB
Justia Opinion Summary: The trial court in this case denied Jane Doe's (a minor) application for judicial authorization for an abortion, reasoning, in significant part, that because the minor did not seek parental consent she was not "mature…
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 376 Judicial Administration Docket
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 400 WAL 2011
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 45 MAP 2010
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 451 EAL 2011
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 461 WAL 2011
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 465 WAL 2011
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 500 MAL 2011
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 60 & 61 MAP 2009
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 60 & 61 MAP 2009
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 60 & 61 MAP 2009
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 60 & 61 MAP 2009
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 60 & 61 MAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted review of this case to consider whether a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) exists where the emotional distress results from a "negligent breach of a…
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 28 MAP 2010
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 28 WAP 2010
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 28 WAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, Appellant Daniel Goodson was involved in a car accident. His insurance company paid $6,300 for the loss to the bank which still held title to the Appellant's car; Appellant received $135. Appellant, dissatisfied…
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 35 WAP 2011
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 37 WAP 2011
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 41 EAP 2011
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 45 EAP 2011
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 588 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant David Ramtahal appealed his death sentence following his first-degree murder, conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime and robbery convictions. On appeal to the Supreme Court, Appellant argued that: (1)…
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 597 CAP
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 597 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Abraham Sanchez, Jr. appealed his death sentence, raising eight claims of trial court error regarding aspects of the guilt and penalty phases of his trial, including a challenge to the timing and the use of the…
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 61 EAP 2010
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 61 EAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Brenda Jones was involved in an automobile accident with another driver that caused damage to her vehicle. Appellant's insurance policy with Nationwide Property and Casualty Company (Nationwide) included…
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 64 MAP 2011
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 93 & 94 MAP 2009
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 93 & 94 MAP 2009
Date: December 21, 2011
Docket Number: 93 & 94 MAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: In a consolidated appeal, the Commonwealth's Department of Revenue appealed the Commonwealth Court's decisions which held Appellees Northeastern Pennsylvania Imaging Center and Medical Associates of the Lehigh Valley…
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 1723 DD3
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 322 WAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 341 MAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 408 MAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 453 EAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 462 and 463 EAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 471-473 WAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 487 EAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 487 WAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 527 MAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 529 WAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 543 EAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 559 MAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 564 EAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 581 WAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 600 MAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 685 MAL 2011
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 752 MAL 2011
Date: December 19, 2011
Docket Number: 265 EAL 2011
Date: December 19, 2011
Docket Number: 298 Common Pleas Judicial Classification Docket
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 170 MM 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 20 WM 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 20 WM 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 418 WAL 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 431 EAL 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 495 EAL 2011
Date: December 16, 2011
Docket Number: 616 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 126 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 137 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 1723 DD3
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 249 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 292 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 335 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 346 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 356 & 357 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 367 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 372 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 387 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 406 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 414 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 430 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 446 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 447 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 450 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 472 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 481 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 484 WAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 488 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 496 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 497 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 513 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 540 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 553 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 556 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 59 EAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 638 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 67 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 695 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 79 MAL 2011
Date: December 15, 2011
Docket Number: 934 MAL 2010
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 101 MM 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 103 MM 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 351 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 359 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 373 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 389 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 395 WAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 399 WAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 445 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 449 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 451 WAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 458 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 498 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 510 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 511 WAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 535 EAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 536 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 546 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 551 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 576 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 614 MAL 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 82 RST 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 83 RST 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 84 RST 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 85 RST 2011
Date: December 14, 2011
Docket Number: 86 RST 2011
Date: December 13, 2011
Docket Number: 159 MM 2011
Date: December 13, 2011
Docket Number: 375 Judicial Administration Docket
Date: December 13, 2011
Docket Number: 62 WM 2011
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 143 WAL 2011
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 161 MAL 2011
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 383 WAL 2011
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 391 WAL 2011
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 441 EAL 2011
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 171 EM 2011
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 585-586 WAL 2011
Date: December 8, 2011
Docket Number: 1724 DD3
Date: December 8, 2011
Docket Number: 492 MAL 2011
Date: December 8, 2011
Docket Number: 552 MAL 2011
Date: December 8, 2011
Docket Number: 57 RST 2011
Date: December 8, 2011
Docket Number: 573 MAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 319 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 390 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 396 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 412 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 415 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 429 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 436 EAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 463 WAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 582 MAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 592 MAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 674 MAL 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 73 RST 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 74 RST 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 75 RST 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 76 RST 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 77 RST 2011
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 81 RST 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 106 MM 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 352 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 376-377 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 386 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 402 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 409-410 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 419 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 470 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 477 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 479 EAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 519 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 529 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 533 EAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 537 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 571 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 578-578 WAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 630 MAL 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Docket Number: 925 MAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 153 MM 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 290 Common Pleas Judicial Classification Docket
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 291 Common Pleas Judicial Classification Docket
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 292 Common Pleas Judicial Classification Docket
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 317 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 318-319 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 363 WAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 377 MAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 381 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 421 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 429 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 437 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 438 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 459 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 464 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 500 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 520 MAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 523 EAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 528 MAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 579 EAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 607 WAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 620 EAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 623 WAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 636 WAL 2010 Granted
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 645 EAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 664 WAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 718 EAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 77 EAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 851 MAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 870 MAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 89 MAL 2011
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 897 MAL 2010
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 952 MAL 2010
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 216 APLT
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 22-24 EAP 2008
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 22-24 EAP 2008
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Kia Motors America, Inc. unsuccessfully defended a class action lawsuit for breach of express warranty. It appealed a superior court's decision to affirm certification of the class by the trial court, and the…
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 373 Judicial Administrative Docket
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 374 JAD
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 567 WAL 2010
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 78 RST 2011
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 79 RST 2011
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 80 RST 2011
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 20 WAP 2010 Joseph L. Beltowski and Karen M. Beltowski, Aplt v.
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue at the heart of this appeal involved whether the superior court interpreted and applied section 385 of the Second Restatement of Torts, which relates to the liability of a contractor or employee who creates a…
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 547 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 547 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 1 MAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee Raymond Haun was convicted on multiple sexual offenses for which he received a 27 to 97 year sentence in prison. Approximately one year after he was convicted, Appellee sought relief under the PCRA, arguing his…
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 222 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 298 WAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 358 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 370 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 407 WAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 408 WAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 425 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 436 WAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 443 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 444 WAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 471 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 475 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 480 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Shawn Walker appealed the dismissal of his motion for a new trial. In 1991, Appellant forcibly entered the home of his former girlfriend, shot and killed a man sleeping on the couch, and shot and permanently…
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 484 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 506 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 570 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 591 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 598 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 6 EAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 71 MAL 2011
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 752 MAL 2010
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 753 MAL 2010
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 754 MAL 2010
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 755 MAL 2010
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 756 MAL 2010
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 773 MAL 2010
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 80 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 107 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 146 EAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 169 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 233 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 249 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 284 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 320 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 345 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 354-355 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 359 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 362 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 366 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 368 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 369 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 412 EAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 420 EAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 428 EAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 450 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 469 WAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 477 EAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 486 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 494 EAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 504 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 533 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 624 MAL 2011
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 759 MAL 2011
Date: November 28, 2011
Docket Number: 490 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Orlando Masionet was charged with the 1982 stabbing death of Jorge Figueroa. A local gang member testified against other members, including Defendant. One member received the death penalty; two others received…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2009
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2009
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court pertained to the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act and whether it preempted a provision in a local zoning ordinance that established a setback for mining activities from…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 24 MAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 24 WAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 24 WAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: The International Association of Firefighters, Local 293, AFL-CIO (Union) is the exclusive bargaining representative of a unit of firefighters and other personnel employed by the City of Erie (City). While the City and…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 25 & 31 MAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 25 EAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted discretionary review of a superior court order that vacated a sentence imposed on Appellee Shawney Perry who was originally indicted for carrying a firearm without a license. The issue before…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 - 30 MAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 - 30 MAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 - 30 MAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 - 30 MAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 - 30 MAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Father "C.S." is the biological father of two minor children, R.I.S. and A.I.S. He was incarcerated in a state correctional facility with a minimum release date of June 2012. He appealed a superior court's reversal of a…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 MAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 MAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 MAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 MAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court was a court order that directed Appellant the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to select and pay for the services of a qualified professional to provide counseling to an…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 WAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 27 WAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted review to determine whether a public school district was obligated to fund a kindergarten program offered by a cyber charter school for a four-year-old student when the district exercised its…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 301 WAL 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 32 EAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 32 EAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pennsylvania Attorney General appealed a superior court's order that reversed the Philadelphia County Orphans' Court order which held Wachovia Bank was not entitled to receive commissions from the principal of an…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 36 EAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 36 EAP 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 375 MAL 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 391 EAL 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 397 WAL 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 41 WAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court was whether acceptance into an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program following a second charge of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) constituted a DUI violation…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 420 WAL 2011
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 49 MAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 49 MAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, Developer-Appellee 500 James Hance Court, LP entered into a construction management agreement with Contractor Gorman Construction Company, Inc., pertaining to the erection of a building at 500 James Hance Court,…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 50 EAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 50 EAP 2010
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 53 MAP 2010
Justia Opinion Summary: In the 1990s, Appellee Stephen Rambler mailed letters in an attempt to extort money from approximately thirty individuals by threatening to reveal certain sexually explicit correspondence if they did not pay him. Based…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 600 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Freeman May appealed his death sentence imposed following his third penalty phase hearing. Appellant was convicted for the 1982 murder of Lynn Fair. After a penalty hearing, the jury found one aggravating…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 74 MAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: Cromwell Township appealed a Commonwealth Court's order that sentenced its supervisors to three to six months' imprisonment for contempt. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had approved the Township's…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 78 MAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal to the Supreme Court in this case pertained to the extent to which the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempted the Pennsylvania Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 8 EAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Francis Bauer Harris was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder, and the Commonwealth sought the death penalty. During the penalty phase of his trial, Appellant sought to establish the statutory…
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 9 WAP 2009
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 9 WAP 2009
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 9 WAP 2009
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Dawn Pyeritz sued the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania State police and several of its police officers for the destruction of her personal property, speficially "a black nylon tree stand safety harness, or belt,…
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 306 WAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 337 WAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 365 WAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 372 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 373 WAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 392 WAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 397 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 400 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 406 WAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 407 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 408 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 411 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 432 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 436 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 440 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 444 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 452 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 456 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 457 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 470 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 481 EAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 514 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 541 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 550 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 589 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 597 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 682 MAL 2011
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 872 MAL 2010
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 873 MAL 2010
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 269 EAL 2011
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 294 WAL 2011
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 313 WAL 2011
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 329 WAL 2011
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 353 MAL 2011
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 36 INC
Date: November 21, 2011
Docket Number: 36 INC
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 327 WAL 2011
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 366 EAL 2011
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 471 MAL 2011
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 489-494 WAL 2011
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 489-494 WAL 2011
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 569 MAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 153 MAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 154 MAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 303 WAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 328 EAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 361 WAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 4450446 WAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 511 MAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 526 MAL 2011
Date: November 15, 2011
Docket Number: 556 MAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Numbers: 10, No. 388 WAL 2011, 388 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 1730 DD3
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 1748 DD3
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 224 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 237 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 267 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 271 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 285 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 290 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 303 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 305 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 310 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 318 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 327 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 328 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 329 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 347 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 358 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 360 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 383 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 388 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 389 MAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 396 MAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 399 EAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 405 WAL 2011
Date: November 14, 2011
Docket Number: 414 MAL 2011
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