Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decisions 2020
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Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 107 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 108 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 109 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 110 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 111 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 112 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 117 EAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 118 EAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 119 EAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 120 WAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 138 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 150 EAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 159 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 160 EAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 185 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 244 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 48 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 66 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 67 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 74 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 77 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 90 WAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 91 EAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 91 WAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 96 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 97 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 99 MAL 2020
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 99 WAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 106 EAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 113 EAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 134 MAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 138 WAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 148 WAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 149 MAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 153 MAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 200 Disciplinary Rules
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 2732 DD3
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 54 MAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 78 WAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 82 MAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 92 WAL 2020
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 95 WAL 2020
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 227 WAL 2020
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 228 WAL 2020
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 297 MAL 2020
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 298 MAL 2020
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 4 EAP 2020
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 106 MM 2020
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 47 EM 2020
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 88 MM 2020
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 89 MAL 2020
Date: August 6, 2020
Docket Number: 94 MM 2020
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Number: 1 MM 2020
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Number: 42 EAL 2020
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Number: 58 WM 2020
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Number: 58 WM 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 101 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 105 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 107 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 108 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 118 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 120 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 157 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 161 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 172 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 231 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 38 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 42 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 49 WAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 57 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 57 WAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 60 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 65 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 72 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 75 MAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 85 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 97 EAL 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 98 EAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 23 MAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 25 WAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 32 MAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 41 WAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 43 MAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 48 WAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 50 MAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 52 EAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 521 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 522 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 56 MAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 59 EAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 59 MAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 68 EAL 2020
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 846 Supreme Court Rules
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 92 EAL 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 104 WAL 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 105 WAL 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 40 EM 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 46 EM 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 48 EM 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 90 MM 2020
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 90 MM 2020
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 71 WAL 2020
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 845 Supreme Court Rules
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 85 MAL 2020
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 12 WAL 2020
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 34 WAP 2018
Justia Opinion Summary: In April 2015, Appellant James Byrd, a/k/a/ Al-Tariq Sharif Ali Byrd, moved in with Dana Heaps after being released on bail for charges filed in February, 2015 unrelated to this case. While residing with Heaps, Appellant…
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 39 WAL 2020
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 74 EAL 2020
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 203 WAL 2020
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 49 EAL 2020
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 708 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 73 EAL 2020
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 79 MAL 2020
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 182 WAL 2020
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 183 WAL 2020
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 21 EM 2019
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 2594 DD3
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 2691 DD3
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 2720 DD3
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 707 Civil Procedural Rules Docket
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 31 MAP 2020
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 41 EAP 2018
Justia Opinion Summary: In a matter of first impression, the issue this case presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's review was the appropriate test to determine whether a claimant who is otherwise entitled to receive unemployment…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 42 EM 2020
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 444 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 51 RST 2020
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 52 RST 2020
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 844 Supreme Court Rules
Date: July 22, 2020
Docket Number: 264 WAL 2019
Date: July 22, 2020
Docket Number: 52 WAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 1 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 133 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 14 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 14 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 14 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Numbers: 14 WAP 2019, 15 WAP 2019, 16 WAP 2019, 17 WAP 2019, 18 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, the manufacturers of various pesticides, appealed a Superior Court decision reversing the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in their favor following the trial court’s determination that the testimony of…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 15 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 15 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 15 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 16 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 16 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 16 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 16 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19 WAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 2 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's review in this case was whether a person subject to a bench warrant was a “fugitive from justice” such that he was a “person not to possess, use, control, sell,…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 2 MAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 2 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In an appeal by allowance, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered the level of deference courts had to afford an administrative agency’s interpretation of its enabling statute. Additionally, the Court considered…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 2 WAP 2018
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 2 WAP 2018
Justia Opinion Summary: In Pennsylvania ex rel. Buchanan v. Verbonitz, 581 A.2d 172 (Pa. 1990), a five-Justice majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held hearsay evidence alone was insufficient to establish a prima facie case at a…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 21 WAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 21 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Elma Betty Temple (“Elma”), who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, became a resident of Providence Care Center, a nursing home located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Providence Care Center, LLC (“Providence”)…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 23 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: While driving a vehicle in December 2014, Appellant Kaitlyn Wolfel struck two pedestrians, killing one and injuring the other. She was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, and police transported her to a…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 26 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this matter presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's review involved the alleged forfeiture of a parent’s share in his child’s estate where his child died without a will. Specifically, the question was…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 27 EM 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 3 EAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 3 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's review centered on the legality of Jimel King’s enhanced sentence for attempted murder resulting in serious bodily injury under 18 Pa.C.S. section…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 34 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 35 MAP 2018
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 4 EAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 4 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Darren Montgomery was charged with one count each of carrying a firearm on public streets in Philadelphia, and carrying a firearm without a license. The issue on appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 4 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 40 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 52 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 52 MAP 2019
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 52 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal by allowance, the issue presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was whether application of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (“PHRA”) to the judicial branch of our tripartite form of government…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 55 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 56 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 61 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 64 MAP 2018
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Numbers: 64 MAP 2018, 35 MAP 2018
Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated appeals, the Commonwealth challenged orders of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas relieving appellees, Claude Lacombe and Michael Witmayer, of their duty to comply with Subchapter I of the Sex…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 66 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 7 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: A mental health patient lived in a forty-unit apartment building and repeatedly told his doctors and therapists he would kill an unnamed “neighbor.” He ultimately carried out his threat, killing an individual who lived…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 70 MAP 2018
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 71 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 71 MAP 2018
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 72 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 73 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 8 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, Appellant James Hamlett, Jr. was convicted of numerous crimes deriving from a sexual assault upon a minor, and lengthy concurrent terms of incarceration were imposed at sentencing. On appeal, the superior court…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 81 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 83 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 84 EAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 90 MAL 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 90 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In a matter of first impression, a Pennsylvania superior court held that anti-alienation provisions governing municipal pensions found in various statutes protected assets from attachment and other legal process…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 91 MM 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 2685 DD3
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 44 WAL 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 49 RST 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 50 RST 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 51 MM 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 61 WAL 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 69 EAL 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 71 MAL 2020
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 843 Supreme Court Rules
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 30 MAL 2020
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 537 Judicial Administration 2020
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 66 WAL 2020
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 74 WAL 2020
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 23 WAL 2020
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 39 MAL 2020
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 47 RST 2020
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 48 RST 2020
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 53 WAL 2020
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 62 MAL 2020
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 10 MAL 2020
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 11 MAL 2020
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 2722 DD3
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 28 WAL 2020
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 46 RST 2020
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 199 Disciplinary Rules
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 227 MAL 2019
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 59 WAL 2020
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 63 MAL 2020
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Number: 124 WAL 2020
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Number: 125 WAL 2020
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 13 and 14 IDE
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 2726 DD3
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 29 MAL 2020
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 3 EAL 2020
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 4 EAL 2020
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 5 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 114 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 238 MAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 30 WAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 37 MAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 45 RST 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 47 MAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 51 MAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 55 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 653 EAL 2019
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 69 MAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 86 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 87 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 88 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 89 EAL 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 90 EAL 2020
Date: July 6, 2020
Docket Number: 1738 DD3
Date: July 6, 2020
Docket Number: 198 Disciplinary Rules
Date: July 6, 2020
Docket Number: 2179 DD3
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 49 MAL 2020
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 56 WAL 2020
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 104 MM 2020
Justia Opinion Summary: On March 6, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (“Proclamation”) pursuant to 35 Pa.C.S. 7301(c), a provision of the Emergency Management…
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 104 MM 2020
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 14 MAL 2020
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 33 WAL 2020
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 38 WAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 12 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 33 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 34 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 35 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 37 MAL 2018
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 42 RST 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 43 RST 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 44 MAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 44 RST 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 46 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 47 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 51 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 536 Judicial Administration 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 64 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 65 EAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 7 MAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 7 WAL 2020
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 789 MAL 2019
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 142 MAL 2020
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 21-22 WAL 2020
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 39 EAL 2020
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 48 EAL 2020
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 60 WAL 2020
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 92 MAL 2020
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 2719 DD3
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 15 EAL 2020
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 20 EAL 2020
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 2647 DD3
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 288 Appellate Court Rules
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 41 RST 2020
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 44 EAL 2020
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 443 Magisterial Rules Docket
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 658 EAL 2019
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 78 MAP 2018
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 79 MAP 2018
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 792 MAL 2019
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 9 EAL 2020
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 46 MAL 2020
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 5 MAL 2020
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 5 WAL 2020
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 63 EAL 2020
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 642 EAL 2019
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 755 MAL 2019
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 776 MAL 2019
Date: June 24, 2020
Docket Number: 783 MAL 2019
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 16 MAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17 EAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17 MAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17 WAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 21 EAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 25 MAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 28 MAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 54 EAL 2020
Date: June 23, 2020
Docket Number: 9 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 11 EAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 12 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 2 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 20 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 23 EAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 26 MM 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 27 WAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 33 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 34 WAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 54 WAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 6 EAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 64 MAL 2020
Date: June 22, 2020
Docket Number: 657 EAL 2019
Date: June 18, 2020
Docket Number: 118 MM 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was a challenge to a local judicial district’s policy prohibiting the use of medical marijuana by individuals under court supervision, such as probationers. Relevant here,…
Date: June 18, 2020
Docket Number: 13 MAP 2019
Date: June 18, 2020
Docket Number: 13 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted discretionary review to consider whether the Commonwealth Court erred in determining a school bus surveillance video sought in a request for public records pursuant to the…
Date: June 18, 2020
Docket Number: 2728 DD3
Date: June 17, 2020
Docket Number: 104 MM 2020
Date: June 17, 2020
Docket Number: 471 WAL 2019
Date: June 17, 2020
Docket Number: 56 WM 2020
Date: June 17, 2020
Docket Number: 70 EAL 2020
Date: June 17, 2020
Docket Number: 770 MAL 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 192 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 193 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 194 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 195 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 196 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 197 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 198 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 199 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 200 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 201 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 202 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 203 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 204 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 205 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 21 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 25 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: On April 1, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a per curiam order reversing the judgment of sentence of Appellant Jerome McIntyre who had been convicted for failing to register as a convicted sex offender.…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 27 EAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal by allowance, a covenant not to compete was executed by an employee after the first day of employment. The issue presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's review was whether the employer could enforce…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 37 MAP 2018
Justia Opinion Summary: On July 3, 2017, a jury convicted Appellee George Torsilieri of one count each of aggravated indecent assault, and indecent assault. The trial court deferred sentencing until completion of a presentence investigative…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 44 MAP 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 44 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In Protz v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District), 161 A.3d 827 (2017), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a statutory regime per which the duration of workers’ compensation benefits…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 45 WAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 45 WAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: D.R. (Father) and J.R. (Mother) (collectively, Parents) resided in Greene County, Pennsylvania with their five children, ranging in age from six to sixteen years old. Father was an attorney who, as part of his private…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 458 WAL 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 51 MAP 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 51 MAP 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 51 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In a discretionary appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered whether the superior court erred in holding the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) did not preclude a wrongfully terminated employee from filing a…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 53 EAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 58 EAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 633 EAL 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 645 EAL 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 66 MAP 2018
Justia Opinion Summary: In March of 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) filed a Right-to-Know Law (“RTKL”) request with the Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”) seeking disclosure of PSP’s “complete, un-redacted AR 6-9 regulation,…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 68 MAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 78 MAP 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 781 MAL 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 83 EAL 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 93 MAP 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 93 MAP 2019
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 93 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: In a discretionary appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered whether the superior court erred in its application of Pennsylvania law to find that L.B., a Colorado resident, was foreclosed from challenging the…
Date: June 16, 2020
Docket Number: 95 MAP 2019
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee James Williams, a Pennsylvania state inmate, filed a petition for mandamus relief in the Commonwealth Court’s original jurisdiction. He alleged he was subjected to a search upon leaving his employment post in…
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 22 EAL 2020
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 37 EAL 2020
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 39 RST 2020
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 40 RST 2020
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 67 EAL 2020
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 76 WAL 2020
Date: June 15, 2020
Docket Number: 77 EAL 2020
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 38 RST 2020
Date: June 12, 2020
Docket Number: 842 Supreme Court Rules
Date: June 11, 2020
Docket Number: 182 MAL 2020
Date: June 11, 2020
Docket Number: 183 MAL 2020
Date: June 11, 2020
Docket Number: 184 MAL 2020
Date: June 11, 2020
Docket Number: 2713 DD3
Date: June 11, 2020
Docket Number: 2715 DD3
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 1 WAL 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 10 WAL 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 14 EAL 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 29 EAL 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 36 EAL 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 36 MAL 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 464 WAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 465 WAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 466 WAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 467 WAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 472 WAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 472 WAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 637 EAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 638 EAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 656 EAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 761 MAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 763 MAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 780 MAL 2019
Date: June 10, 2020
Docket Number: 788 MAL 2019
Date: June 9, 2020
Docket Number: 197 Disciplinary Rules
Date: June 8, 2020
Docket Number: 13 WAL 2020
Date: June 8, 2020
Docket Number: 196 Disciplinary Rules
Date: June 8, 2020
Docket Number: 448 WAL 2019
Date: June 8, 2020
Docket Number: 617 EAL 2019
Date: June 8, 2020
Docket Number: 758 MAL 2019
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