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Court: State AG can resolve opioid and other consumer protection suits, DA's can't
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has the ultimate authority in resolving litigation brought under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and not the district attorneys of Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, per a first impression ruling from the Commonwealth Court. -
Commonwealth Court upholds the striking down of Pittsburgh’s 'jock tax'
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has near-unanimously ruled to uphold a lower court’s 2022 summary judgment ruling that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional. -
Commonwealth Court prevents Philly from vacating reinstatement of police lieutenant fired for alleged sexual harassment
HARRISBURG – Per a recent ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, the City of Philadelphia was unsuccessful in its attempt to overturn the reinstatement of a police lieutenant who had been fired for alleged sexual harassment towards female officers more than three years ago. -
Pa. Commonwealth Court rejects arguments that life sentence without parole is unconstitutional
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has dismissed a petition from a group of inmates incarcerated at SCI-Phoenix, who sought to challenge the state and federal constitutionality of their sentences of life without the possibility of parole. -
Commonwealth Court upholds dismissal of man's SEPTA train assault lawsuit
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld the granting of summary judgment to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) which declared it immune from suit from a man who said he was assaulted on a SEPTA train by two other passengers in Philadelphia in 2019. -
Commonwealth Court rebuffs latest legal challenge to Act 77, affirms Pa. mail-in voting law
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law has withstood another legal challenge, as the state’s Commonwealth Court reaffirmed the legislation in a decision handed down on Tuesday. -
Court sides with former Philadelphia Eagle Emmanuel Acho in Workers' Comp
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has found in favor of former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho, in his workers’ compensation case stemming from a 2015 thumb injury which eventually marked the end of his National Football League career. -
Commonwealth Court says plywood box around Columbus statue in Philly must come down
PHILADELPHIA – A Friday ruling from the Commonwealth Court has dictated that a controversial statue of explorer Christopher Columbus will not only remain in South Philadelphia’s Marconi Plaza, but will be displayed openly and be removed from a plywood box it was contained in for two-and-a-half years. -
Court affirms medical board revoking nephrologist's license over sexual harassment charges
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed the revocation of a medical license for a nephrologist found to have made numerous unwanted sexual advances toward nurses and medical support staff. -
Delaware auto loan firm ordered to comply with AG Shapiro's subpoena
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has concurred with a Philadelphia state court, in ordering that a Delaware-based auto loan business must comply with a subpoena from state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. -
Court: With opioid settlement terms not final, fight between cities and Pennsylvania is premature
HARRISBURG – Because the terms of a $26 billion national opioid settlement announced last year have not been finalized, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that litigation brought by the district attorneys of Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, was premature. -
Commonwealth Court says mail-in voting act is unconstitutional; Ruling immediately appealed to Pa. Supreme Court
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. -
Student's Snapchat - 'I will f***ing kill all of you' - is protected free speech, Commonwealth Court rules
HARRISBURG – According to a recent opinion from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a Delaware County school district’s decision to expel a student over a violently-themed Snapchat post violated that student’s free speech rights as protected by the U.S. Constitution. -
Pennsylvania overcomes most of Monsanto's preliminary objections, in natural resources damage case
HARRISBURG – Per a Dec. 30 ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, former agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto has lost the majority of its preliminary objections to litigation brought against it by the state, connected to natural resources damages allegedly caused by the company’s chemical compounds. -
Wolf Administration's statewide school mask mandate is unenforceable, issue headed to Pa. Supreme Court
HARRISBURG – The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, a Republican state representative and a group of parents have seen their efforts to overturn a statewide school mask mandate issued by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, bolstered in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. -
Commonwealth Court gives go-ahead to petition seeking to prohibit use of ExpressVote XL electronic voting machines
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that legal action to prohibit electronic voting machines from being used in Northampton County and other Pennsylvania counties may proceed. -
GOP pols and parents file suit versus Gov. Wolf over statewide school mask mandate
HARRISBURG – The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, a Republican state representative and a group of parents are litigating to overturn a statewide school mask mandate issued by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf. -
Philly DA Krasner sues AG Josh Shapiro's office in Commonwealth Court over proposed $26B opioid settlement
PHILADELPHIA – A proposed $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers which would benefit a group of states including Pennsylvania, has come under fire from Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner – who feels the City’s compensation would be undervalued in the agreement, wants to continue litigating and has filed his own lawsuit seeking to preserve that right. -
PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH COURT: Highlighting Pennsylvania’s Intermediate Appellate Courts
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Commonwealth Court order says Boockvar lacked authority to extend mail-in voter ID deadline to Nov. 12
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled Thursday afternoon that Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar lacked authority to extend a deadline for mail-in voters to show proof of identification by three days, and those voters’ ballots would not be counted.