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15 Aug 2012, 7:07 am
Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, opposed by Democrats, has crossed its first hurdle. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 5:19 am
As readers of this blog will be aware from previous posts, Pennsylvania courts are willing to enforce the Commonwealth's filial support law. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 11:19 am
Pursuant to a recent ruling by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, employers who require employees to take drug or alcohol tests are not required to keep the results of such tests confidential pursuant to the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act. [read post]
5 Dec 2010, 5:55 pm
Effective January 1, 2011, unreported cases will carry persuasive value in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (an intermediate appellate court). [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 9:20 am
The law, passed by the legislature in June and signed shortly thereafter by the governor, went into effect on August 8, 2016 and consumers around the Commonwealth are already quickly seeing its effects. [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 6:00 am
Registered voters filed suit Friday, asking the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania to intervene in the state’s 2021 redistricting process. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 9:41 am
Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) for a Pennsylvania DUI charge constituted an offense for purposes of license suspension. [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 6:25 am
In 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the state legislature’s congressional district map, finding “as a matter of law that the Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011 clearly, plainly, and palpably violates the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and on that sole basis, we hereby strike it as unconstitutional. [read post]
19 Aug 2021, 8:27 am
Commonwealth Health Sys., Inc., No. 398 MDA 2020, 2021 PA Super. 155 (Pa. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 7:30 am
There were several developments in Pennsylvania this week regarding orders dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 5:46 am
This rule has been maintained throughout the Commonwealth, but there are exceptions that may apply. [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 8:18 am
Philadelphia and three other municipalities, filed suit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania legislature on Wednesday, claiming the legislature unconstitutionally deprived the municipalities of their right to pass ordinances on single-use plastics. [read post]
1 Dec 2023, 10:37 am
For example, the Pennsylvania Superior Court rendered the final decision on the merits in almost 2/3 of all the appeals filed in the Commonwealth in 2021. [read post]
11 Nov 2021, 7:01 am
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Wednesday voided Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam’s school mask mandate. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 8:35 am
[JURIST] The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] 4-3 on Thursday that Pennsylvania's new oil and gas law [Act 13 materials] violated the state's constitution by placing zoning rights regarding hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" [JURIST news archive] solely in the hands of state authorities. [read post]
21 Jun 2017, 7:34 am
The court ruled [opinion, PDF] that royalties gathered from oil and gas leases on state lands cannot be used for budgetary matters and must be dedicated to conserving the Commonwealth's natural resources. [read post]
16 Mar 2022, 12:16 pm
In Commonwealth v. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 12:34 pm
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 3-2 decision that the Commonwealth Court, an intermediate appellate court, must determine whether Medicaid should cover the cost of abortion procedures. [read post]
4 Jan 2023, 9:00 am
In a case which will have major implications throughout Pennsylvania, on January 4, 2023, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that the school system defendants, which are immune from taxation, were not required to pay the Borough of West Chester’s stormwater charge because “the Stormwater Charge constitutes a local tax”. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 1:58 pm
Looking for an unpublished opinion from the Pennsylvania Superior or Commonwealth Court? [read post]
