• 22nd St. Auto Ctr. v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1326 C.D. 2022

    Appellants appealed the trial court's orders overruling their appeal of Commonwealth's administrative suspension of their official certifications as an auto safety inspection center and safety inspector. The court vacated the trial court's orders and remanded for further proceedings where the trial court failed to explain whether it considered modifying Commonwealth's penalties after it made new findings that Commonwealth failed to prove certain inspection violations were present at the time appellants inspected a deteriorated motor v

  • Commonwealth v. Rensel

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Non-Profit | Travel and Tourism
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 414 C.D. 2021

    Appellant appealed the trial court's orders convicting him of summary offenses under the Game and Wildlife Code. The court reversed in part, affirmed in part, and remanded to the trial court for resentencing. The court held in pertinent part that the trial court erred in finding a hunting guide guilty of violating Game Code section 2308(a)(7), prohibiting the use of a vehicle for hunting, where the guide drove a hunting party to a planned destination before they disembarked and hunted elk on foot from an adjacent field.

  • Italian Sons & Daughters of Am. v. City of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1124 C.D. 2022

    Trial court erred in dismissing complaint challenging city's removal of statue from public park without first considering whether city's decision violated applicable laws or regulations. Orders of the trial court affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.

  • Mroz v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1028 C.D. 2020

    Worker was ineligible for unemployment compensation where he left work during the COVID-19 pandemic without specifically identifying how employer's safety measures failed to address his health and safety concerns. Order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review affirmed.

  • Gioffre v. Allegheny County Bd. of Prop. Assessment, Appeals & Review

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 424 C.D. 2023

    Trial court erred in applying a common level ratio that was calculated and went into effect after property owners filed their tax assessment appeals. Order of the trial court vacated.

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  • HUF Rest., Inc. v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 394 F.R. 2018

    Purchaser of restaurant and liquor license was barred from appealing a bulk sale assessment where it failed to obtain the statutorily required clearance certificate, as the lien certificate obtained during the license transfer process could not serve as an alternative to the clearance certificate. Petition for review denied.

  • Electors of the City of York v. Helfrich

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 750 C.D. 2022

    Appellants Electors of the City of York appealed the trial court's orders denying their petition to fill vacancy in the office of Mayor of York City. The court affirmed, holding that appellants were not entitled to relief where they failed to bring their dispute, which sought to disenfranchise a sitting mayor, in the form of a quo warranto action.

  • Bell v. Wilkinsburg Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1259 C.D. 2019

    Trial court construed the plain language of the school code and the charter school law correctly in holding that school districts were allowed to use public transportation in transporting charter school students to out of district schools and any requirement to transport both charter and school district students under the same conditions pertained to travel distance and safety, not the specific mode of transportation. Affirmed.

  • Moreno v. Schuylkill County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 168 C.D. 2023

    Trial court erred in confirming upset tax sale where tax bureau failed to undertake reasonable efforts to locate the property owner after the notice of sale was returned unsigned, as required by the Real Estate Tax Sale Law. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Muth v. Dep't of Envtl. Prot.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Mining and Resources
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1346 C.D. 2022

    Petitioner lacked individual standing to contest wastewater discharge permit where she failed to present evidence specifically demonstrating how she used the areas around the affected waterways and thus would potentially be injured by environmental contamination. Order of the Environmental Hearing Board confirmed.