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Pa. Court segregates provisional ballots that cured mail-in errors
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ordered that Election Day’s provisional ballots submitted to correct defects in mail-in ballots be segregated, pending further review. -
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Commonwealth Court rules Trump campaign is able to watch votes from 6 feet away
HARRISBURG – In the wake of Election Day, President Donald Trump is fighting for the fate of his presidency through litigation in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania over the counting of absentee and mail-in ballots, votes that could very well decide the 2020 presidential race. -
Pa. courts reject Trump campaign's efforts on voter signatures, poll watching
HARRISBURG – A pair of state appeals courts in Pennsylvania have denied the bids of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign to reject ballots for perceived differences with voters’ signatures and to dispatch poll watchers to monitor early voting sites prior to Election Day. -
Commonwealth Court OKs unemployment compensation for fired paralegal
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review’s decision to grant eligibility for benefits to a paralegal who was dismissed from her duties last year. -
Commonwealth Court transfers case over inmate's mail service to Lehigh County judiciary
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has transferred a state prisoner’s complaint over the legality of his mail service to the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas. -
Commonwealth Court turns back middle school principal's complaint to recover lost salary
HARRISBURG – A three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld the dismissal of a former middle school principal’s complaint which sought his salary for a five-month period in 2013, when he was suspended without pay. -
College faculty union can't bargain over who gets criminal background checks, Supreme Court says
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that a union that represents higher education faculty across the state has no bargaining rights over which of its members must submit to criminal background checks. -
Machines seized from lodge had predetermined outcomes and thus were for gambling, court rules
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court has affirmed a Cambria County judgment that games seized by police officers from a lodge were for gambling. -
Commonwealth Court rejects argument of Pittsburgh, which had defended its Section 8 housing ordinance
HARRISBURG – According to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, the City of Pittsburgh’s prior citation of a statewide law does not justify the existence of an ordinance it passed, which would mandate that landlords accept Section 8 housing vouchers from tenants. -
Appeals court allows Highspire borough residents to align with new school district
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has backed a community’s efforts to secede from its school district and join another one. -
High school basketball coach loses lawsuit against Moniteau district
HARRISBURG - A state appeals court ruled Feb. 28 against a former assistant high school basketball coach who sued the school system for breach of contract after being fired in 2012. -
Northampton County property cannot receive tax break as a 'picnic grove,' state court affirms
HARRISBURG — A property owner in a Northampton County township won't be able to receive a tax break by classifying that property as a "picnic grove," a state court affirmed. -
Court affirms family of workplace-stabbing victim is entitled to death benefits
HARRISBURG — The family of a 25-year-old man stabbed to death by a co-worker at a meat processing plant is eligible for workers compensation death benefits because the man's employer failed to prove his killing was not work-related, a state court recently affirmed. -
Court nixes ruling in whistleblower complaint over alleged West Chester University budget-fixing
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court on Jan. 10 voided a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and will take up the case of a woman who alleged officials tried to cook the books for a college. -
Would-be cosmetologists get court win as they fight criminal past
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has overruled the preliminary objections of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, State Board of Cosmetology in a license dispute filed by two women seeking to become licensed estheticians. -
Commonwealth Court lifts seal on Milton Hershey School litigation enough to issue opinion on jurisdiction question
HARRISBURG – The seal on a case in Milton Hershey School's litigation with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission was lifted just enough earlier this month for the public to see an opinion in the case. -
State senators taking on environmental protection agency lack standing to sue, court rules
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled against two state senators who sued over alleged inaction by state regulators. -
In light of Supreme Court ruling, Commonwealth Court to re-examine case centered on Pittsburgh Section 8 housing ordinance
HARRISBURG – The battle over a controversial ordinance enacted by the City of Pittsburgh that would mandate that landlords accept Section 8 housing vouchers from tenants has returned to the Commonwealth Court, which must now determine if a statewide law can justify the ordinance’s validity. -
Appeals court says Pennsylvania can use AMA standards for disability decisions
Labor union argued lawmakers improperly delegated authority to outside agency -
Court: Gaming board correct to revoke restaurant's registration over link to reputed mob figure
HARRISBURG - Gaming regulators were not wrong to bar a company providing restaurant services to a casino because of its sole owner's links to an alleged organized crime figure, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has concluded.