• Mathias v. York County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0827

    Trial court properly denied petition to set aside tax sale after finding drive-by appraisal not credible and crediting testimony of the winning tax sale bidder who had personal knowledge of the property's exterior and interior condition. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • FC Station Square Landmark, LLC v. City of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2022-07-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0770

    Court was obligated to take judicial notice of municipal ordinance, even though it was not raised or cited during the lower court proceedings. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Clark v. Schuylkill Canal Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0751

    The trial court properly found that Montgomery County was immune from suit pursuant to the Recreational Use of Land and Water Act given that the decedent's fatal accident, caused by a fallen tree, occurred in a natural and undeveloped recreational area which came under the protection of the act. The appellate court affirmed.

  • White v. Pennsylvania Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0674

    Counsel filed petitions for review of Board's recommitting petitioner as a parole violator and to withdraw as counsel and court found petitioner's argument that board relied on hearsay evidence failed since board relied on a certified sentencing document and Unified Judicial System criminal docket and properly calculated petitioner's new maximum sentencing date. Affirmed and counsel's petition granted.

  • Firearms Owners Against Crime v. City of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2022-06-13
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0636

    Trial court properly found city's ordinances, prohibiting the use of assault weapons and large capacity magazine in certain public places and prohibiting specified individuals from possessing or using firearms, were preempted by §6120(a) of the Uniform Firearms Act.

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  • Crawford v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2022-06-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0652

    Challenges to validity of statutory prohibition on local regulation of firearms rejected where long-standing precedent established that firearms regulation was a statewide concern and thus state legislature was entitled to preempt local ordinances. Respondents' preliminary objections in nature of demurrer sustained.

  • In Re: Appeal of Garcia

    Publication Date: 2022-05-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0606

    While sufficient evidence supported finding that a variance was necessary due to the hardship of developing a property as of right, zoning board erred in granting a variance that was not conditioned on payment of outstanding property tax. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.

  • KPMG LLP v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Accounting | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Mccullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0567

    Petitioner protested Department of Human Services' award of a bid and court found department did not engage in arbitrary and capricious conduct, department could waive some RFP requirements under Gaeta v. Ridley Sch. Dist., 788 A.2d 363, winning bidder provided department with adequate information to assure department it would perform the contract according to the specified requirements and bidder did not obtain an unfair competitive advantage. Affirmed.

  • Chester Upland Sch. Dist. v. Rossi

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0534

    Petitioners, two political subdivisions located in Delaware County, lacked standing to maintain this putative class action against any respondent other than the Director of the Office of Judicial Support of the County of Delaware as they did not allege facts to suggest that they were charged court fees by any other respondent. The commonwealth court sustained respondents' preliminary objections.

  • Haverstick v. Pennsylvania State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0514

    Right-to-Know-Law requester's challenge to agency's production of documents was not waived where the agency produced the documents at the close of the appeal record and where requester had no procedural opportunity to lodge an objection. Order of the Office of Open Records affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part.