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  • Walney v. SWEPI LP

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Conti
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    Case Number: 18-0541

    Court denied defendants summary judgment motion, in plaintiffs action over unpaid lease bonuses for oil and gas leases, because the transactional documents demonstrated that an enforceable contract existed between defendants and landowners and court denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgement to the extent it sought a class-wide contractual breach and the full value of the bonuses as damages. Denied in part and granted in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Romero

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0539

    Police could not effect arrest warrant in home of third-party absent magisterial determination of probable cause to search third-party home. Order of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Mauk

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 18-0537

    Trial court violated due process by mass-sentencing a group of unrelated defendants for indirect criminal contempt without determining each defendants financial ability to pay, or offering them opportunity to be heard or assistance of counsel until after sentencing. Order of the trial court vacated.

  • Commonwealth v. Largaespada

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 18-0536

    Motion to pierce Rape Shield Law properly granted where proffered evidence merely alleged existence of victims other sexual relationship, which alone was insufficient to establish logical nexus with victims alleged motive to fabricate. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Diaz-DeJesus

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Steinberg
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    Case Number: 18-0496

    A criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel prior to making statements to police, and a search warrant was based on probable cause. The court denied defendants motions to suppress.

  • Corvin v. Tihansky

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
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    Case Number: 18-0543

    Trial court properly denied appellants request for a new trial or JNOV after the jury found that other drivers negligence in rear-end accident was not was not a factual cause of any harm because appellant waived his JNOV issue since he failed to move for a directed verdict, his counsel withdrew his request for a binding jury instruction and appellants concealing his pre-accident chiropractor visits from his physicians presented the jury with an issue of credibility. Affirmed.

  • Kegerise v. Delgrande

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Education Law | Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 18-0546

    Commonwealth court erred in affirming trial courts conclusion that school superintendent was entitled to mandamus relief in her action seeking reinstatement because superintendent negotiated the right to resign without notice and her filing a federal action asserting constructive discharge implied that she considered her employment terminated before the school board voted to accept her resignation. Reversed.

  • Irvine v. Dept. of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
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    Case Number: 18-0468

    Petitioner was not entitled to relief on appeal from the suspension of his personal and commercial driving licenses since post-Birchfield v. North Dakota decisions supported the notion that a licensee is not entitled to hear the consequences of a chemical test he is not asked to submit to by police. The court dismissed petitioners appeal.

  • Kapish v. Advance Code Grp.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Regulation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Munley
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    Case Number: 18-0508

    Class of one equal protection claim failed where plaintiff failed to establish he was intentionally treated differently from other similarly situated individuals without any rational basis for such different treatment. Defendants motion for summary judgment granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Bowers

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 18-0417

    In this case of first impression, the appellate court held that while an underlying criminal action remains pending, an appeal from an order deciding a commonwealth forfeiture petition is interlocutory and unappealable if the forfeiture petition relates in any way to the criminal prosecution. The appellate court squashed defendants appeal.