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Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 502 F.R. 2022
Petitioner sought review of an order of the Board of Finance and Revenue which upheld a Board of Appeals determination and the assessment of realty transfer tax on the transfer of a real estate company. The court reversed, holding that the transfer at issue was not subject to realty transfer tax because it was a transfer from a trustee of a living trust after the death of the settlor to the beneficiary of a living trust.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Phipps
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Case Number: 23-2052
District court properly denied plaintiff pipeline company's motion for injunctive relief to enjoin the administrative appeal of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's issuance of permits because none of the theories of preemption advanced by plaintiff or PADEP applied. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry: E-Commerce
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Fayette County
Judge: Judge Leskinen
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Case Number: 236 OC 2021
Appellant appealed the court's order declaring that a will was a forgery and striking it from the record. The court offered an opinion in support of its order, declaring that clear, direct, precise, and convincing evidence demonstrated that a purported 2005 will was a forgery where it was created using an electronic form that first became available in 2016.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Wrongful Death
Industry: Food and Beverage | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
Judge: Judge Nealon
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Case Number: 2023 CV 1426
The court denied defendants' motion to strike the discontinuance of the Lackawanna County Common Pleas court proceedings that were not pending at the time that the motion was filed.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Construction
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leadbetter
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Case Number: 861 C.D. 2023
Appellant home improvement contractors appealed the trial court's order granting partial summary judgment in favor of appellee Commonwealth. The court held that the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act requires a home improvement contractor to honor a timely cancellation request from a customer without regard to whether the request is made in writing or via some other medium that provides actual notice of cancellation.
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Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
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Case Number: 23-2084
Defendant appealed his sentence for a child-pornography related offense and court held that "image," in the moving picture or video context, unambiguously meant "frame," deference to the sentencing guidelines' commentary's 75-images rule was unwarranted under Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558, and the number of frames comprising a moving picture or video would determine the specific sentencing enhancement to be applied. Vacated.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Fletman
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Case Number: 993 EDA 2024
In its § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to affirm its orders denying in part Monsanto's motion to exclude the testimony of Timur Durrani, M.D. under Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923) and Grady v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 839 A.2d 1038 (Pa. 2003), and its order denying Monsanto's motion for summary judgment on failure to warn claims due to federal preemption.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Fletman
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Case Number: 922
Defendant's petition to strike confessed judgment was denied where grounds raised by defendant were not part of the record the court was required to consider on a petition to strike.
Publication Date: 2024-07-19
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Patrick
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Case Number: 3205 EDA 2023
In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the appellate court to affirm its orders docketed on December 13, 2023, that followed its August 30, 2023, order placing residential condominiums in receivership and ordering the defendants to cooperate with the receiver.
Publication Date: 2024-07-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Krause
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Case Number: 23-1166
Appellants appealed their convictions for transportation of stolen property in interstate commerce and conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce.
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