The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed an order of the Commonwealth Court which had entered a permanent injunction prohibiting the enactment of the “Victim’s Rights Amendments” to the state constitution. The
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a juvenile’s adjudication of deliquency for terroristic threats in a critical first amendment case. While at school, the juvenile said that he “doesn’t think people
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court interpreted the Eminent Domain Code in these consolidated appeals. The Court held “that a public or quasi-public entity need not possess a property-specific power of eminent
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed an order denying the suppression of wireless internet network (WiFi) connection records obtained by the police without a warrant. After two students were robbed in
Place your bets! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that concert tickets, which a casino distributed to its patrons for playing table games and slot machines at its facility, are not
In this capital case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of the defendant’s fourth PCRA petition. The defendant raised three issues on appeal. First, the Court held that, because
“When a person is defamed via a medium with worldwide accessibility, a cause of action may arise in multiple venues”. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that “a plaintiff may select
In a rare unanimous opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the “traveling employee doctrine” (a/k/a the continuous coverage rule or the commercial traveler rule). The traveling employee doctrine creates a
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a student did not engage in unprotected speech and did not cause a substantial disruption to the school environment when he posted a Snapchat
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court revisited cell site location information (CSLI) and the United States Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Carpenter in holding that orders issued by a trial
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