HARRISBURG – A 5-2 majority of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a state’s law permitting mail-in voting, reversing a contrary finding reached in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in January.
Act 77, Pennsylvania’s controversial voting law allowing no-excuse mail-in voting for all voters, caused more havoc in Tuesday’s primary election in the Keystone State, as election issues in Lancaster County fed the headlines.
HARRISBURG – A 3-2 majority of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the state’s law permitting mail-in voting is unconstitutional, a finding immediately appealed by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf to the state Supreme Court.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s newest justice will be Commonwealth Court Judge P. Kevin Brobson, who narrowly defeated Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin in the appellate court elections on Tuesday.
PITTSBURGH – An arbitration award over a long-running gas lease dispute between a Bradford County couple and an energy company will stand, a federal judge ruled last month.
WILLIAMSPORT — Gas and mineral rights owners are suing oil and gas companies, citing alleged erroneous accounting of and insufficient payment for their share of production.
HARRISBURG — Two plaintiffs' failure to file a timely objection in connection with their deed restrictions violation lawsuit has cost them a new trial.
SCRANTON — A Pennsylvania property owner has filed a class action lawsuit against several energy companies, citing alleged breach of contract for not receiving full royalties for the use of his land.