Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decisions 2013
Opinions 1 - 500 of 3446
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 412 EAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 415 Judicial Administration Docket No
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 416 Judicial Administration Docket
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 417 Judicial Administration Docket
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 445 EAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 450 EAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 536 MAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 548 MAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 573 MAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 641 MAL 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 774 MAL 2011
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: 775 MAL 2011
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 177 EM 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 183 EM 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 367 MAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 401 WAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 426 EAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 444 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 454 EAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 478 EAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 481 EAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 561 MAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 626 MAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 635 MAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 671 MAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 680 MAL 2013
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: 739 MAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 11 MAP 2013
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Guillermo Ramos entered an open guilty plea to charges of Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) and Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) (PWID) both of which were…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 14 MAP 2012
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 14 MAP 2012
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 14 MAP 2012
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Francis Lagenella, Jr. argued on appeal to the Supreme Court that the Superior Court erred in affirming the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized by a police officer during a…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 310 Common Pleas Judicial Classification Docket
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 320 WAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 350 WAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 379 EAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 407 EAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 522 MAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 547 MAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 55 EAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal before the Supreme Court in this matter involved questions of statutory construction pertaining to the five-year mandatory minimum sentence attaching to the offense of possession of a controlled…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 557 MAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 594 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Robert Diamond received two death sentences after pleading guilty to the first degree murders of Angel Guadalupe and Reginald Woodson. Appellant claimed on appeal that the trial court erred in the penalty…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 658 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Harold Murray, IV, appealed the death sentence he received for his conviction on three counts of first degree murder. Upon review of the facts of this case, the Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, but…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 662 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant raped and brutally murdered three women in separate incidents over a one-year span. Prior to the capital murder trial, appellant pled guilty to three counts of burglary, two counts of attempted criminal…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 78 MAP 2011
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 78 MAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank (LVFB) is a Pennsylvania chartered bank, and a subsidiary of Fulton Financial Corporation, which merged with Keystone Heritage Group, Inc. The merger made Fulton the parent company…
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 919 MAL 2013
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: 920 MAL 2013
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: 133 MM 2013
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: 62 WM 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 298 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 313 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 314 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 340 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 343 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 356 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 357 EAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 371 EAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 373 WAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 377 EAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 413 EAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 424 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 428 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 434 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 443 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 463 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 468 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 495 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 516 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 523 MAL 2013
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: 532 MAL 2013
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 145 WAL 2010
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 240 Appellate Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 366 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 367 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 473 MAL 2013
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 579 EAL 2013
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 580 EAL 2013
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 591 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: 850 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 294 & 295 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 303 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 317 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 321 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 332 EAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 338 EAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 339 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 346 EAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 365 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 380 WAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 438 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 458 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 482 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 515 MAL 2012
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 516 MAL 2012
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 586 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 63, 64, 72, and 73 MAP 2012
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 63, 64, 72, and 73 MAP 2012
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 63, 64, 72, and 73 MAP 2012
Justia Opinion Summary: Issues of constitutional import stemming from cross-appeals taken from the Commonwealth Court's ruling on expedited challenges to Act 13 of 2012 were before the Supreme Court in this case. Act 13 contained sweeping…
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 632 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 633 MAL 2013
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: 950 MAL 2010
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 274 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 291 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 328 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 335 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 341 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 352 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 353 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 364 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 383 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 392 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 396 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 399 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 401 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 403 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 416 WAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 417 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 421 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 431 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 435 EAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 484 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 499 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 510 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 558 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 572 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 577 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 592 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 599 MAL 2013
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: 628 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 31 MAP 2012
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 31 MAP 2012
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 369 WAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 385 WAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 43 MAP 2011
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 43 MAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellees (husband and wife) created The Dorothy M. Miller Family Irrevocable Trust, naming Mrs. Miller as settlor, and her and her husband as co-trustees. The sole beneficiaries of the trust were appellees and their…
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 502 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 531 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 559 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 562 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 581 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 605 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of Mendez Thomas and Lisa Diaz. On appeal, appellant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence presented against him at trial. After…
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 629 MAL 2013
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: 679 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Alexander Keaton appealed the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He claimed the PCRA court erroneously denied the underlying claim that his invoking a Fifth Amendment right to counsel during…
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 10 WAP 2012
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 10 WAP 2012
Justia Opinion Summary: PPM Atlantic Renewable (“PPM”) unsuccessfully requested that the Fayette County Zoning Board grant it numerous special exceptions and variances for it to build 24 windmill turbines on leased land. This matter involved…
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11 MAP 2012
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 1962 DD3
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 1965 DD3
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 25 EAP 2013
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 31 MAP 2012
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 31 MAP 2012
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 33 WAP 2012
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 33 WAP 2012
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 33 WAP 2012
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this case was the interpretation of Section 602 of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, which concerned the notice requirements for an upset tax sale for non-payment of delinquent taxes.…
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 34 MAP 2013
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this case concerned the Sunshine Act and whether meetings between an agency and outside entities, including those involved in ongoing litigation with that agency, were…
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 63 EAP 2011
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 64 EAP 2011
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: 74 MAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, the issue before the Supreme Court was whether Act 152 of 2004 (“Act 152”) violated the “single subject” rule of Article III, Section 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution,3 and, if so, whether the portions…
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 307 EAL 2011
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 396 WAL 2013
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 430 EAL 2013
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 449 EAL 2013
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 468 EAL 2013
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 689 MAL 2013
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 70 RST 2013
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: 71 RST 2013
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 134 MM 2013
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 144 MM 2013
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 154 MM 2013
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 549 MAL 2013
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 56 Client Security Appointment Docket
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 584 MAL 2013
Date: December 11, 2013
Docket Number: 509 EAL 2010
Date: December 11, 2013
Docket Number: 69 MAP 2013
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 239 Appellate Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 365 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 442 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 590 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 618 Supreme Court Rules Docket
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 619 Supreme Court Rules Docket
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: 620 Supreme Court Rules Docket
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 100 WAL 2012
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 103 WAL 2011
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 104 WAL 2012
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 223 WAL 2012
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 359 WAL 2013
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 389 EAL 2013
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 42 INC
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 449 MAL 2011
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 451 MAL 2013
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 51 WAL 2012
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 602 WAL 2010
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 673 WAL 2011
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 674 WAL 2011
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 90 WAL 2012
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: 99 WAL 2012
Date: December 6, 2013
Docket Number: 136 MM 2013
Date: December 6, 2013
Docket Number: 138 MM 2013
Date: December 6, 2013
Docket Number: 158 MM 2013
Date: December 5, 2013
Docket Number: 126 MM 2013
Date: December 5, 2013
Docket Number: 139 MM 2013
Date: December 5, 2013
Docket Number: 148 MM 2013
Date: December 5, 2013
Docket Number: 56 WM 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 252 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 260 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 267 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 285 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 285 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 300 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 310 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 322 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 350 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 355 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 358 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 372 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 382 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 385 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 398 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 412 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 419 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 420 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 433 WAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 442 EAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 449 MAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 492 MAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 500 MAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 520 MAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 544 MAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 545 MAL 2013
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: 589 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 14 MAL 2012
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 1999 DD3
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 30 EAP 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 338 WAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 354 WAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 357 WAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 370 EAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 374 EAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 375 EAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 386 EAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 399 EAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 400 EAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 452 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 483 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 486 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 511 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 513 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 521 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 524 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 534 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 535 MAL 2013
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: 565 MAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 331 EAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 358 EAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 361 EAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 362 EAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 487 MAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 494 MAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 501 MAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 514 MAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 841 MAL 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 843 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 146 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 185 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 231 EAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 239 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 240 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 315 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 322 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 329 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 336 EAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 342 EAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 349 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 354 EAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 361 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 368 EAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 371 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 378 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 383 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 387 WAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 392 EAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 450 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 459 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 467 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 476 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 525 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 527 MAL 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 541 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 18 MAP 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 273 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 286 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 288 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 290 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 291 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 292 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 295 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 308 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 318 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 330 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 363 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 372 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 373 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 375 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 379 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 379 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 388 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 400 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 409 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 410 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 414 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 417 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 418 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 422 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 431 WAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 432 EAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 445 MAL 2011
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 455 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 49-57 MAP 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 631 MAL 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 66 RST 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 67 RST 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 68 RST 2013
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 764 MAL 2013
Date: November 25, 2013
Docket Number: 282 WAL 2013
Date: November 25, 2013
Docket Number: 306 EAL 2013
Date: November 25, 2013
Docket Number: 314 EAL 2013
Date: November 25, 2013
Docket Number: 323 EAL 2013
Date: November 25, 2013
Docket Number: 404 MAL 2013
Date: November 22, 2013
Docket Number: 21-23 WAP 2011
Date: November 22, 2013
Docket Number: 21-23 WAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated appeals, the issue before the Supreme Court was whether the manifestation of an occupational disease outside of the 300-week period prescribed by Section 301(c)(2) of the Workers’ Compensation Act removes…
Date: November 22, 2013
Docket Number: 454 WAL 2013
Date: November 22, 2013
Docket Number: 52 EAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Commonwealth appealed a court of common pleas order that declared Section 9543(a)(1)(i) of the Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) was unconstitutional as applied to Petitioner Emma Turner. The PCRA court held that…
Date: November 22, 2013
Docket Number: 54 EAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this case centered on the proper scope of the “illegal sentence” doctrine. The Superior Court held that the claim at the heart of this appeal, implicated the legality of appellee’s…
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 125 MM 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 137 EM 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 155 EM 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 17 EAP 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 32 EAP 2011
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 32 EAP 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Annette Shoap sustained a work-related injury in the nature of a left shoulder injury while working as an employee of Phoenixville Hospital. She began receiving temporary total disability benefits pursuant to a…
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 325 WAL 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 349 EAL 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 351 EAL 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 454 MAL 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 5 MAP 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 5 MAP 2013
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 612 & 624 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1994, Appellee Joseph Elliott was convicted of the first degree murder of Kimberly Griffith, and sentenced to death. Following the denial of relief on direct appeal, appellee filed a petition for collateral relief.…
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 622 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Kevin Mattison directly appealed his death sentence to the Supreme Court. He was convicted for first-degree murder for his involvement in the 2008 death of Christian Agosto. After careful consideration of the…
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: 636 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Michael Ballard directly appealed his death sentence to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He pled guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. On appeal, Appellant raised four claims of trial court error…
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 117 MM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 121 MM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 122 MM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 123 MM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 145 EM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 146 EM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 153 EM 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 22 EAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 28 MAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 337 EAL 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 342 WAL 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 35 MAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 355 EAL 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 436 MAL 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 46 EAP 2012
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2002, Appellee Beverly Roethlein, an Allentown taxpayer, filed a class action complaint against Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd., and Michelle Portnoff, Esquire (the firm's sole shareholder) seeking recovery for…
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 47 EAP 2012
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 477 MAL 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 5 EAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 6 EAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 617 Supreme Court Rules Docket
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 7 EAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 7 MAP 2012
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 79 MAP 2012
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 8 EAP 2013
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 87 MAP 2012
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: 87 MAP 2012
Justia Opinion Summary: The Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and the Wyoming County Human Services appealed a Commonwealth Court order reversing DPW’s Bureau of Hearings and Appeals’ order refusing to expunge an indicated report…
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 138 EM 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 238 Appellate Procedural Rules Docket
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 307 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 309 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 312 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 315 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 333 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 334 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 345 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 356 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 369 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 373 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 388 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 397 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 409 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 411 EAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 441 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 441 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 445 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 460 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 462 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 466 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 470 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 471 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 471 WAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 472 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 478 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 480 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 489 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 490 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 493 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 517 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 518 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 53 WM 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 533 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 552 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 571 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 58 WM 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 583 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 593 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 608 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 620 MAL 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 63 RST 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 64 RST 2013
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: 65 RST 2013
Date: November 18, 2013
Docket Number: 269 EAL 2013
Date: November 18, 2013
Docket Number: 270 EAL 2013
Date: November 18, 2013
Docket Number: 494 WAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 1600 DD3
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 1710 DD3
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 237 Appellate Court Rules Docket
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 237 Appellate Court Rules Docket
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 254 EAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 257 WAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 266 EAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 277 MAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 289 EAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 320 MAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 37 MAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 382 MAL 2013
Date: November 15, 2013
Docket Number: 385 MAL 2013
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