Category: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Sivick v. State Ethics Comm’n

In Sivick v. State Ethics Comm’n, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner’s involvement in approving payroll, which included timesheets for the petitioner’s son, violated Subsection

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Johnson v. Wetzel

In Johnson v. Wetzel, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that its holding in Bundy v. Wetzel, applies to inmates whose prison inmate accounts were subject to Act 84 deductions without the

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Commonwealth v. Small

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. Small overruled its prior precedent and tossed the “public record presumption.” Traditionally, a defendant, who filed a PCRA petition, could circumvent the statutory one-year

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Commonwealth v. Weir

If you work in criminal defense, read Commonwealth v. Weir. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a challenge to the sentencing court’s order setting the amount of restitution implicates the court’s discretion

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Commonwealth v. Hill

In Commonwealth v. Hill, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the defendant’s separate sentences for his convictions of two counts of 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 3802(a)(1) and 3804(c)(1), based on a

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In re Nomination Paper of Scroggin

In re Nomination Paper of Scroggin was a dispute about November’s general election ballot. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court directed the Secretary of the Commonwealth to remove the Green Party candidates’

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Pa. Democratic Party v. Bookvar

In Pa. Democratic Party v. Bookvar, a predictably fractured Pennsylvania Supreme Court exercised its extraordinary jurisdiction to deal with several crucial issues for the upcoming election. Most notably, the Court

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Nicole B. v. School Dist. of Philadelphia

In Nicole B. v. School Dist. of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission’s equitable tolling provision applied to a minor whose parent failed to satisfy

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