• PDX N., Inc. v. Comm'r New Jersey Dep't of Labor & Workforce Dev.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Scirica
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-2968

    Plaintiff and intervenor appealed from the district court's grant of defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

  • Commonwealth v. DeJoy

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-1135

    Preliminary injunction issued to prevent implementation of service changes by the Postal Service where such changes would have meaningful, nationwide impact on postal services and the Postal Service failed to obtain an advisory opinion and hold public hearings as required by law. Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction granted.

  • Three Brothers Supermarket, Inc. v. U.S.A.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Marston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-1109

    Government sought approval of parties' stipulated protective order and to seal parts of the administrative record in plaintiff store's action challenging its permanent disqualification from the SNAP program and court granted the stipulated protective order and sealed the parts of the administrative record that provided financial and identifying information about stores and SNAP members but declined to seal the names of third parties and the percentage to which plaintiff had higher SNAP transactions. Motion granted and denied in part.

  • Haveman v. Bureau of Prof'l & Occupational Affairs

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0975

    Petitioners challenged the requirement for good moral character for cosmetologists and estheticians in 63 P.S. §511(a) as unconstitutional and a violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Pennsylvania constitution and court found the requirement, on its face, violated the equal protection mandates of the Pennsylvania constitution. Motion granted.

  • Arlet v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0879

    While the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board erred in holding that claimant was entitled to benefits under two statutes providing exclusive remedies, the plaintiff insurer was not entitled to subrogation under §319 of the Workers' Compensation Act against its own insured. The commonwealth court affirmed.

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  • Lennon v. Commonwealth Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0745

    Where police found the licensee, who smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech, and another individual sleeping inside his vehicle as it was stopped in the middle lane of traffic, with the engine running and the vehicle in gear, they had reasonable grounds to suspect licensee had been driving under the influence to request a blood test. The court denied licensee's appeal.

  • Hinderliter v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0774

    Appellant appealed trial court's finding that his failure to complete a breathalyzer breath test was a refusal and court found his failure to successfully complete the breath test constituted a per se refusal, record evidence showed the required observation period, and since DOT established a refusal without relying on the results from the breathalyzer machine, the operability of the machine was not at issue. Affirmed.

  • Hinderliter v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0774

    Appellant appealed trial court's finding that his failure to complete a breathalyzer breath test was a refusal and court found his failure to successfully complete the breath test constituted a per se refusal, record evidence showed the required observation period, and since DOT established a refusal without relying on the results from the breathalyzer machine, the operability of the machine was not at issue. Affirmed.

  • Begovic v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0697

    The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review erred in reversing a finding of claimant's financial eligibility for unemployment compensation as the evidence regarding plaintiff's stints as a canvasser and interpreter was insufficient to demonstrate her purported independent contractor status under the Unemployment Compensation Law. The commonwealth court reversed.

  • Beishline v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Envtl. Prot.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Ceisler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0674

    The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Board of Property, had exclusive jurisdiction in this matter involving the navigability of a commonwealth body of water and the resulting rights of owners of adjacent properties and erred in concluding otherwise. The commonwealth court reversed and remanded.