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  • Devon Serv., LLC v. S & T Realty

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Platt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1537

    Trial court did not err in considering sales price in fixing fair market value of foreclosed properties for deficiency judgment, where trial court also considered other factors addressed by parties appraisers, including condition of property, rental history, and below-asking price offers. Order of the trial court affirmed

  • Commonwealth v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Steinberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1423

    The court denied a criminal defendants motion to dismiss where the offenses involved in the instant case were not logically or temporally part of the same criminal episode.

  • Anderson v. Talaber

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-1532

    Given the U.S. Supreme Courts recent decision in Pittman v. Pa. Bd. of Probation and Parole, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole erred in determining that it lacked discretion to award petitioner credit for time spent at liberty on parole.

  • Commonwealth v. Melvin

    Publication Date: 2017-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1530

    Pursuant to Pennsylvania precedent following the U.S. Supreme Courts 2012 decision in Miller v Alabama, the court rejected defendants claim that his sentence to 30-years-to-life for a homicide committed while he was a juvenile was illegal.

  • Germantown Cab Co. v. Philadelphia Parking Auth.,

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge P. Kevin Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1453

    Taxicab regulating authority's per-vehicle assessment on partial rights taxicab operators was arbitrary and unreasonable where assessments were derived from an estimate of the number of vehicles that would be in service. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • Fulton v. Bureau of Profl and Occupational Affairs

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1452

    State board of barber examiners erred in denying petition for reinstatement based on prior drug convictions and/or insufficient rehabilitation from such convictions

  • Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2008-07-30
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-07-25
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Sentelle, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: J. Mark Gidley, White & Case, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For appellee: Alisa Klein, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 07-5191, CONSOLIDATED WITH 07-5192

    Argued April 21, 2008Before: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.This is an appeal by Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group ("Stolt-Nielsen") from a summary judgment in favor o