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Matt and David read and summarize every opinion from the state and federal appellate courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We post the summaries in the Opinion Summaries page. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay informed about the decisions of the local appellate courts.
We framed an innocent man, but we have prosecutorial immunity, RIGHT?!
On April 20, 2020, the Third Circuit filed an opinion in Fogle v. Sokol (bit.ly/3bBcN5s). The case focused on the issue of prosecutorial immunity. In … Read more
We don’t owe you squat!
On April 7, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania decided Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C. v. Rudinski, Orso & Lynch, 3661 EDA 2018, a case involving … Read more
Use This Time to Reflect on Law Firm Management
With courts practically closed, and commerce overall slowed to a trickle, it is worth taking some time to think about your law firm and how … Read more
No (attempted) good deed goes unpunished.
In Commonwealth v. Frederick, 770 MDA 2019 (Pa. Super Ct. 2020), the defendant, seemingly, tried to do the right thing. His actions earned him a state … Read more
Appealing Adverse Pretrial Detention Rulings
With the onslaught of COVID-19 and the virus’s breakneck pace of infecting jail and prison populations, the criminal defense bar’s job must now include the short-term … Read more
Writ of Error Coram Nobis – alive, but, perhaps, not so well.
In Ragbir v. USA (bit.ly/38kXr3q), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a comprehensive decision about coram nobis relief. . In 2000, Ravidath Ragbir, who … Read more
NJ courts inch their way into the future.
In Pathri v. Kakarlamath (bit.ly/36ozlDk), the New Jersey Appellate Division recognized that technological innovations might be useful in the state’s courtrooms. . The case, which involved … Read more
At Sullivan | Simon we read every precedential opinion out of state and federal courts in PA & NJ and summarize them to help you stay up to date. If you would like these summaries emailed to you, please sign up for our weekly newsletter.
The Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office, on behalf of the … Read more
After being convicted by a jury of two bank robberies, … Read more
Plaintiff slipped and fell on black ice in a parking … Read more
The Superior Court dismissed a DUI prosecution because the Commonwealth … Read more
Mortgagee filed a foreclosure suit against the mortgagee, but a … Read more
Between December 27, 2017, and March 30, 2018, Hardy filed … Read more
In these two appeals, the Court considered the constitutionality of … Read more
Mother appealed the trial court’s orders involuntarily terminating her parental … Read more
This appeal asked whether a minor’s Fifth Amendment privilege against … Read more
A civil servant who worked for PennDOT posted to her … Read more
In this discretionary appeal, the Court considered whether the trial … Read more
In a capital homicide case, the prosecutor and testifying offers … Read more
W.E. (Mother) appealed the trial court’s order, which granted sole … Read more