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  • Log Cabin Prop., LP v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0676

    Petitioner could seek damages from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board based on its violation of a statutory mandate to implement a procedure for processing special alcohol orders to permit properly licensed companies to sell and deliver such orders directly to customers without added handling fees. The court denied defendant's preliminary objections.

  • MFW Wine Co., LLC v. Liquor Control Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0644

    Petitioners sought damages, costs, interest and attorney fees after trial court granted mandamus ordering liquor board to implement a special order processing procedure and court found board was a "person" under §8383 of the judicial code and was liable for petitioner's damages, interest costs and attorney fees. Application granted.

  • In re: Nomination Petition of Bingham

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0577

    The trial court properly found that it lacked jurisdiction over objector's petition to a candidate's nomination petition where the objector failed to comply with any of the service methods expressly set forth in an applicable administrative order and incorporated into a rule to show cause. The appellate court affirmed.

  • El-Amin v. Pennsylvania Parole Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0487

    Established case law led to statutory amendments codifying that residence in a community correction center or community correctional facility constituted being at liberty on parole because residents of such facilities had the ability to leave on their own will and could not be restricted from doing so by the facility. Order of the parole board affirmed.

  • Troiani Group v. City of Pittsburgh Bd. of Appeals

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0360

    Trial court erred in reversing board's decision to deny a demolition plan for a six-story building because board's decision reflected that the board, informed by its members' expertise, weighed the record evidence and disagreed with plaintiff's experts regarding the need for preemptive demolition of adjacent structures as a safety measure. Reversed.

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  • Murray v. Shaler Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-28
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0333

    Appellants challenged zoning certificate that allowed an accommodation of up to six non-related individuals with traumatic brain injuries to live in area zoned for only up to three unrelated people living together and court found settlement agreement reached in federal court was not valid and enforceable because it bypassed the ordinance without court approval and company did not satisfy its initial burden of showing that the requested accommodation was necessary to afford handicapped persons an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dw

  • Edgell v. City of Aliquippa

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0303

    Retired employee failed to exhaust administrative remedies in challenging the non-payment of retroactive pay increases and retirement health benefits when they did not pursue the mandatory grievance and arbitration procedures under the CBA that outlined those benefits. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Hill v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0258

    Preliminary objections to correctional facility mailing policy overruled where private processing company qualified as state actor because it assumed traditional government function of screening inmate mail. Defendant's preliminary objections overruled.

  • May v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0242

    Inmate appealed trial court' s dismissal of his action against DOC over denial of a grievance he filed about books he ordered that were not delivered to him and court found the trial court order that dismissed inmate's complaint and gave him leave to file an amended complaint was not a final appealable order. Appeal quashed.

  • Commonwealth v. Monsanto Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 22-0109

    Commonwealth had parens patriae and environmental trustee standing to pursue public nuisance and product liability failure-to-warn claims against manufacturer of toxic chemicals that had caused substantial environmental contamination. Defendants' preliminary objections overruled in part and sustained in part.