Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decisions 2020
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Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 219 WAL 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 220 WAL 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 371 MAL 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 372 MAL 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 373 MAL 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 407 MAL 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 544 Judicial Administration 2020
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 545 Judicial Administration 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 157 MM 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 161 MM 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 198 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 202 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 21 WAP 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 214 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 219 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 220 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 221 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 248 EAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 343 MAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 351 WAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 363 MAL 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 94 WM 2020
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 98 WM 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 102 RST 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 103 RST 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 156 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 226 WAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 227 EAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 229 EAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 234 EAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 238 EAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 238 WAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 243 WAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 246 EAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 249 WAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 254 EAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 269 WAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 311 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 341 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 360 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 384 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 386 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 387 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 388 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 391 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 392 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 406 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 409 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 436 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 441 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 444 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 453 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 463 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 464 MAL 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 472 MAL 2020
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 100 RST 2020
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 101 RST 2020
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 314 WAL 2020
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 527 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 542 Judicial Administration 2020
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 99 RST 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 207 WAL 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 230 EAL 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 287 MAL 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 340 EAL 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 412 MAL 2020
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 43 WM 2019
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 864 Supreme Court Rules
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 1 WAP 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 2 MAP 2020
Justia Opinion Summary: The underlying controversy entailed will-, estate-, and insurance-contest litigation commenced in 2008 by Appellee Jeffrey Stover in his capacity as the attorney for Appellant, David Clark, who was the testator’s…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 222 EAL 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 223 EAL 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 230 WAL 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 236 WAL 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 251 EAL 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 30 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 30 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 30 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Appellant Keith Alexander's petition for allowance of appeal asking the Court to overrule or limit Commonwealth v. Gary, 91 A.3d 102 (Pa. 2014) (OAJC), a plurality result announcing…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 34 MAP 2020
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 35 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 35 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 35 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 35 WAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 35 WAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 35 WAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 36 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 36 EAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 36 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from a medical malpractice action in which appellees Nancy Raynor, Esq. and Raynor & Associates served as defense counsel for Dr. Jeffrey Gellar and Roxborough Emergency Physician Associates…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 65 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 65 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 65 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In a matter of first impression, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted review in this case to consider whether Section 310.74(a) of the Insurance Department Act of 1921 prohibited a licensed insurance producer from…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 71 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 71 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In this discretionary appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was asked to determine the burden of proof for a settlor of an irrevocable trust in order to void the trust on grounds of fraudulent inducement in the creation…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 75 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: Mitchell Gregory Peck, Jr. (“Peck”) was convicted of drug delivery resulting in death, and sentenced to twenty to forty years of imprisonment. In this appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered the interplay…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 76 & 77 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 76 & 77 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 76 & 77 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In September 2014, prior to the request for the records at issue in this case, the Abolitionist Law Center published a report which alleged a causal connection between the ill health of inmates at SCI-Fayette, and the…
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 76 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 76 MAP 2019
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 76 MAP 2019
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 198 WAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 231 EAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 233 EAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 234 WAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 289 MAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 340 WAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 368 MAL 2020
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 863 Supreme Court Rules
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 98 RST 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 125 EM 2019
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 125 EM 2019
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 125 EM 2019
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 2011 DD3
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 206 EAL 2019
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 206 WAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 213 EAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 2423 DD3
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 245 EAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 249 EAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 250 EAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 327 EAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 327 MAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 334 EAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 349 MAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 366 MAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 370 MAL 2020
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 398 MAL 2020
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 861 Supreme Court Rules
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 862 Supreme Court Rules
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 208 EAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 302 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 303 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 310 Disciplinary Board Appointment
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 352 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 353 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 380 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 401 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 426 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 442 MAL 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 712 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 96 RST 2020
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 97 RST 2020
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 95 RST 2020
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18 WAP 2020
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18 WAP 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 208 WAL 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 222 WAL 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 224 WAL 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 232 WAL 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 2681 DD3
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 2740 DD3
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 351 MAL 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 445 MAL 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 50 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, Ray Bourgeois hyperextended his spinal cord, resulting in quadraplegia, at Roundtop Mountain Resort when the snow tube he was riding collided with a folded “deceleration mat” that the resort’s employees had…
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 93 RST 2020
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 94 RST 2020
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 358 MAL 2020
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 377 MAL 2020
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 676 MAL 2020
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 361 MAL 2020
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 54 ID
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 92 RST 2020
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 449 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 860 Supreme Court Rules
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 148 MM 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 150 MM 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 155 MM 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 167 MM 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 384 EAL 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 385 EAL 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 564 MAL 2020
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 565 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 155 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 156 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 157 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 181 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 184 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 184 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 188 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 191 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 193 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 197 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 202 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 203 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 218 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 224 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 235 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 235 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 236 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 239 WAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 268 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 277 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 282 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 289 EAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 304 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 323 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 336 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 350 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 357 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 400 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 402 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 415 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 427 MAL 2020
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 429 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 176 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 179 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 185 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 185 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 186 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 187 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 193 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 204 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 205 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 205 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 209 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 215 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 215 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 239 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 257 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 258 WAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 262 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 282 EAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 291 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 299 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 310 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 315 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 356 MAL 2020
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 570 MAL 2020
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 172 MM 2020
Date: November 28, 2020
Docket Number: 68 MAP 2020
Date: November 28, 2020
Docket Number: 68 MAP 2020
Date: November 28, 2020
Docket Number: 68 MAP 2020
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 204 Disciplinary Rules
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 127 WAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 128 WAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 129 WAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 162 WAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 173 MM 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 174 MM 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 221 WAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 2754 DD3
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 290 MAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 297 EAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 342 MAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 347 MAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 375 MAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 413 MAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 454 MAL 2020
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 859 Supreme Court Rules
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 281 MAL 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 288 MAL 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 29 WAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 29 WAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 309 MAL 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 31 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 31 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 32 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 32 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 33 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 33 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 338 MAL 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 338 WAL 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 34 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 34 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 35 EAP 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Numbers: 29 WAP 2020, 31 EAP 2020, 32 EAP 2020, 33 EAP 2020, 34 EAP 2020
Justia Opinion Summary: A series of appeals presented a question of whether the Pennsylvania Election Code required a county board of elections to disqualify mail-in or absentee ballots submitted by qualified electors who signed the declaration…
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 90 RST 2020
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 91 RST 2020
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 337 WAL 2020
Date: November 19, 2020
Docket Number: 121 WAL 2020
Date: November 19, 2020
Docket Number: 180 WAL 2020
Date: November 19, 2020
Docket Number: 247 MAL 2020
Date: November 19, 2020
Docket Number: 295 MAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 124 MM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 161 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 199 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 256 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 269 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 270 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 271 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 272 EAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 326 MAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 33 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In September 2012, Steven Mader was working on a project involving repairs to a chimney, fireplace, and front stoop of a home in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After Mader completed the project and his crew…
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 344 MAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 374 MAL 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 395 WAL 2017
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 50 & 51 WAP 2019
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 50 & 51 WAP 2019
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 50 & 51 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's consideration in this matter was whether a trial court abused its discretion in denying a motion for a new trial following a jury award of zero dollars in damages…
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 55 EM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 73 WM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 75 WM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 76 WM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 77 WM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 775 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: Melvin Knight appealed the death sentence he received for his role in the 2010 torture and murder of Jennifer Daugherty (“the Victim”), a 30–year-old intellectually disabled woman. On direct appeal, Appellant raised…
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 89 EM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 90 EM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 91 EM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 92 EM 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Docket Number: 93 EM 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 158 MM 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 186 WAL 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 2563 DD3
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 2747 DD3
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 2751 DD3
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 2752 DD3
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 30 EAP 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 30 EAP 2020
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from the processing of mail-in and absentee ballots received from voters in Philadelphia County in the November 3, 2020 General Election. Specifically, Appellee Donald J. Trump, Inc. (the “Campaign”)…
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 300 MAL 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 317 WAL 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 334 MAL 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 439 MAL 2020
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: 711 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 234 MAL 2020
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 321 MAL 2020
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 333 MAL 2020
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 858 Supreme Court Rules
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 88 RST 2020
Date: November 16, 2020
Docket Number: 89 RST 2020
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 254 WAL 2019
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 46 MAP 2020
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 83 EM 2020
Date: November 13, 2020
Docket Number: 857 Supreme Court Rules
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 149 WAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 170 EAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 181 EAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 182 EAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 199 WAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 210 WAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 236 EAL 2019
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 237 EAL 2019
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 241 EAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 285 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 296 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 301 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 308 WAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 313 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 314 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 317 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 318 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 319 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 329 MAL 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 53 WAP 2019
Date: November 12, 2020
Docket Number: 68 WM 2020
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 55 WAP 2019
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Numbers: 55 WAP 2019, 56 WAP 2019, 57 WAP 2019, 58 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered issues relating to appellate review of a trial court’s appointment of legal counsel under Section 2313(a) of the Adoption Act relating to whether, and how, an appellate court…
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 56 WAP 2019
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 57 WAP 2019
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: 58 WAP 2019
Date: November 9, 2020
Docket Number: 158 EAL 2020
Date: November 9, 2020
Docket Number: 425 EAL 2020
Date: November 6, 2020
Docket Number: 203 Disciplinary Rules
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 21 MAP 2019
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 24 MAP 2019
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 537 MAL 2020
Date: November 5, 2020
Docket Number: 856 Supreme Court Rules
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 134 WAL 2020
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 144 WAL 2020
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 194 WAL 2020
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 229 MAL 2020
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 249 MAL 2020
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 2742 DD3
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 322 MAL 2020
Date: November 4, 2020
Docket Number: 87 RST 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 101 WAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 123 WAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 132 MM 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 140 MM 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 145 MM 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 150 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 160 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 164 EAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 164 WAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 174 EAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 219 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 257 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 292 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 305 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 328 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 381 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 76 MAL 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 85 RST 2020
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: 86 RST 2020
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Number: 112 WAL 2020
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Number: 160 WAL 2020
Date: November 2, 2020
Docket Number: 265 MAL 2020
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 24 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Rod Jones, Jr. was charged with rape and various sexual offenses following allegations by his stepdaughter (“the victim”) of repeated sexual abuse over a period of several years. According to the victim, the…
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 543 Judicial Administration 2020
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 84 RST 2020
Date: October 30, 2020
Docket Number: 855 Supreme Court Rules
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 202 Disciplinary Rules
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 526 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 853 Supreme Court Rules
Date: October 29, 2020
Docket Number: 854 Supreme Court Rules
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 258 EAL 2020
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 259 EAL 2020
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 2681 DD3
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 2726 DD3
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 274 MAL 2020
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 2743 DD3
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 275 MAL 2020
Date: October 28, 2020
Docket Number: 337 MAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 191 WAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 192 WAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 196 WAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 216 WAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 232 MAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 345 MAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 346 MAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 354 MAL 2020
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: 397 MAL 2020
Date: October 26, 2020
Docket Number: 82 RST 2020
Date: October 26, 2020
Docket Number: 83 RST 2020
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 149 MM 2020
Justia Opinion Summary: On October 14, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Kathy Boockvar's (“Secretary”) application in its King’s Bench jurisdiction to consider her request for declaratory relief,…
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 525 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: October 23, 2020
Docket Number: 68 EM 2020
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Number: 291 Appellate Court Rules
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Number: 448 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: October 22, 2020
Docket Number: 710 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 1 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted discretionary review in this case to consider the Superior Court’s application of the Independent Source Doctrine as a basis for upholding the trial court’s order denying the…
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 136 MAL 2020
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 25 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted discretionary review in this case of first impression to consider the Constitutional scope of warrants to search cell phones seized incident to arrest, relating to illegal narcotics…
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 27 MAP 2020
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 30 WAP 2019
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 571 DD3
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 60 MAP 2019
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 62 INC
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 7 EAP 2019
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 7 EAP 2019
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 7 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee-Plaintiff Patricia Hammons (“Hammons”) was an Indiana resident who suffered significant injuries following the May 2009 implantation in Indiana of Appellant-Defendant Ethicon, Inc.’s Prolift Kit, a medical…
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 73 MAP 2019
Date: October 21, 2020
Docket Number: 780 CAP
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1983, after invading the home of three elderly siblings -- James, Angelina, and Victor Lunario -- Appellant David Chmiel stabbed them to death during the course of a robbery. Police found a makeshift mask at the scene…
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