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  • Commonwealth v. Knox

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-1055

    The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution allowed for the imposition of criminal liability upon the defendant based upon his publication of a rap music video containing threatening lyrics. The high court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Markham v. Wolf

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Government | Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-1031

    Executive order directed to parties in home health care services within gubernatorial authority where order merely set forth voluntary, non-binding process for parties to confer with executive departments. Order of the commonwealth court vacated, case remanded for further proceedings.Appellants, Governor Thomas Wolf and the Department of Human Services, appealed from the order of the commonwealth court granting summary judgment to appellees Jessica Markham, Victoria Markham, Jessee Charles, Pennsylvania Homecare Association, and Unit

  • In Re: Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-1032

    Non-disclosure provision of entry-of-appearance form for grand jury proceedings amended under the court's statutory authority to narrow the scope to track the statutory language requiring secrecy of grand jury proceedings. Order of the supervising judge reversed.

  • Balentine v. Chester Water Auth. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-1030

    The motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act applied in this case where decedent was struck and killed by a government vehicle. The high court reversed and remanded.

  • In Re: Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury

    Publication Date: 2018-08-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Public Records
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0945

    The high court held that substantial portions of a grand jury's report on alleged child sexual abuse by individuals associated with the Pennsylvania Dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church should be released to the public but that the report should be redacted to protect the identities of petitioners/appellants, who were not afforded an opportunity to appear before the grand jury. The high court issued interim relief.

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  • Williams v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Tax
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0917

    Philadelphia beverage tax was not duplicative of state sales tax where taxes were imposed at different levels of commerce. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. UPMC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Non-Profit
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0886

    Commonwealth court erred in ordering renewal of Medical Advantage provider agreements pursuant to consent decree. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.

  • Marcellus Shale Coalition v. Commonwealth, Dept. of Environmental Protection

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0700

    The trial court properly found in part that petitioner, the Marcellus Shale Coalition, raised a significant legal question regarding the implementation of new regulations governing fracking operations and demonstrated irreparable harm due to the cost of compliance that outweighed any harm in refusing to grant a narrowly-tailored injunction. The high court affirmed in part and reversed in part an order granting petitioner injunctive relief.

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0709

    Deadly weapon sentencing enhancement for motor vehicle aggravated assault conviction was inapplicable where defendant lacked specific intent to strike or threaten victim with vehicle but instead was merely criminally recklessly operating the vehicle for ordinary purposes. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Bundy v. Wetzel et al

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
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    Case Number: 18-0601

    Plaintiff, a prison inmate subject to Act 84 deductions from his prison account to satisfy financial obligations based on criminal convictions, asserted a viable Due Process Clause claim that he was entitled to and deprived of some form of pre-deprivation notice before any funds were taken from his account. The appellate court reversed and remanded.