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  • City of Philadelphia v. Phan

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Padilla
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    Case Number: 17-1868

    Where real property was sold at a sheriffs sale and later subject to redemption, appellant was not entitled to recover cost of repair where it failed to show such repairs were reasonable and necessary expenses actually paid.

  • Commonwealth v. Santos

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1899

    The trial court erred in prohibiting the commonwealth from calling a police officer to testify at trial as a remedy for the commonwealths purported discovery violation where the requested material was not mandatory discovery under Pa.R.Crim.P. 573(B)(1)(a). The court reversed the trial courts discovery sanction order and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Maneval

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Lovecchio
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    Case Number: 17-1862

    Defendants sexually violent predator designation did not unlawfully increase the length of his registration period where he was convicted of aggravated indecent assault, a Tier III offense, which required him to register quarterly for life, regardless of the SVP designation. The court recommended affirmance of its sentencing order.

  • Russo v. Polidoro

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1913

    Trial court erred in granting partition because a restriction in the deed precluded appellee from filing an action in partition without the express written consent of two of the three deed holders. Reversed.

  • Reihner v. City of Scranton Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
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    Case Number: 17-1912

    Trial court erred in upholding the zoning boards finding that appellants were operating a bed and breakfast because the language of the ordinance was ambiguous as to whether serving breakfast was required as part of the definition of a B&B and the ordinance had to be interpreted in favor of the landowners widest use of the land. Reversed.

  • Pennachietti v. Mansfield

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Native American Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
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    Case Number: 17-1911

    Manager of title lending company moved to dismiss plaintiffs RICO and Pennsylvania loan interest and protection law claims, arising from an online title loan, asserting he enjoyed tribal immunity, the action was an official capacity suit and the court lacked personal jurisdiction over him but the court found that manager was the real party in interest, he was not entitled to tribal sovereign immunity since the action was personal capacity suit and the court had personal jurisdiction over him because he oversaw companys purposeful di

  • Commonwealth v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 17-1903

    Suppression of warrantless blood draw results properly granted where drivers consent was obtained after being given warning of enhanced criminal penalties in event of refusal to consent. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Tejada

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 17-1902

    Trial courts removal of pro se defendant and conducting of a trial in absentia constituted non-frivolous appellate issue due to the denial of any representation of defendants interests at trial. Counsels motion to withdraw denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
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    Case Number: 17-1904

    Evidence that defendant fired a gun at a vital organ of the victim was sufficient evidence for the jury to infer defendants intent to kill and malice for first-degree murder and aggravated assault convictions. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

  • Wells Fargo, N.A. v. Bohleman

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Anders
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    Case Number: 17-1866

    The court did not abuse its discretion in this mortgage foreclosure matter by refusing to set aside a sheriffs sale where neither defendant nor his attorney appeared at the emergency hearing.