JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

An appeals court in Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court ruling on Thursday which held that welfare fraud and outstanding restitution balance cannot be used to justify the denial of housing assistance. The decision signaled a win for applicants seeking housing vouchers in Pennsylvania.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“Pennsylvania Tied Vote Decided By Drawing of Lots after Court Ruling that Undated But Timely-Arriving Mail Ballots Had to Be Counted under the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a unanimous slip opinion, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) waives sovereign immunity and that the federal government can be liable for incorrect debt reporting that damages credit scores. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the opinion of the court.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit Tuesday ruled against Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Hearing Board’s jurisdiction to hear challenges to Adelphia’s planned natural gas compressor project.

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JULY 21, 2021

“Amazon must pay Pennsylvania warehouse workers for time spent waiting for security screening, state Supreme Court rules”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report. ” Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , on certified questions from the U.S. .”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Supreme Court rules companies can be sued in a given forum, no matter the percentage of its business done there”: Nicholas Malfitano of Pennsylvania Record has this report. The post “Pa.

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JUNE 23, 2021

“Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader Punished for Vulgar Snapchat Message; A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment by disciplining a student for off-campus speech, the court ruled”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Supreme Court sides with a cussing Pa.

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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects non-violent offenders from federal firearm bans. The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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JUNE 9, 2022

“Supreme Court Allows Undated Ballots in Pennsylvania Election; A state law required mailed ballots to be accompanied by a signed and dated declaration, but a federal appeals court ruled that undated declarations sufficed”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2023

The US Supreme Court Tuesday released a unanimous opinion holding that certain abandoned financial instruments that are similar to money orders may be recovered by the state in which they were purchased. The post US Supreme Court rules against Delaware in $400M interstate unclaimed property dispute appeared first on JURIST - News.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Wolf appeals court ruling voiding school mask mandate”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report. You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link. “Gov.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Supreme Court rules abortion access is a right protected by state constitution; The finding delivered a significant victory for reproductive rights advocates in the state following the overturning of Roe v. Wade”: Jeremy Roebuck, Sarah Gantz, and Gillian McGoldrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

“Court rules against victims’ rights measure voters supported”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today. The ruling consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that Pennsylvania public school officials violated the First Amendment when they suspended a high school cheerleader for posting offensive images on Snapchat.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. PennEast Pipeline obtained a certificate to build a 116-mile pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and sought to exercise its federal eminent domain authority by taking public land in New Jersey. I urge the feds to take another look at this harmful proposal.”.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

“Federal appeals court ruling allows parents of murdered student’s wrongful death suit against Millersville U to proceed”: Dan Nephin has this front page article in today’s edition of LNP of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2022

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that Allegheny County DA Stephen Zappala violated his duty when he failed to review private criminal complaints against Pittsburgh’s assault weapons ban and compelled Zappala to do so.

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APRIL 13, 2021

’s Supreme Court ruled on election law. ” Sam Dunklau of NPR affiliate WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report. “Some in power are still mad that Pa.’s Here’s why it matters now.”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a lower-court ruling in a Pennsylvania election dispute that the losing candidate conceded three and a half months ago. Tuesday’s brief order granted a request by David Ritter, a candidate in a 2021 race for a judgeship in a local Pennsylvania court.

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ABA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The post “Box around Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia must be removed, Commonwealth Court rules; It’s the latest development in the lengthy battle over the statue, which became a flash point and was covered with plywood amid racial justice protests in June 2020” appeared first on How Appealing.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 23, 2021

Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Pennsylvania school district violated a cheerleader’s First Amendment rights when it suspended her from the squad… Developing: The U.S.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

” Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion , an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part , and a dissenting opinion. The post “Pennsylvania’s high court sides with township over its ban of a backyard gun range” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

“Philadelphia Can’t Open Drug Safe-Injection Site, Federal Appeals Court Rules; Nonprofit can seek review from full court after three-judge decision”: Jon Kamp of The Wall Street Journal has this report. court says.”

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Trial courts may allow comfort dogs for witnesses at criminal trials in appropriate circumstances, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. The court on Wednesday affirmed…

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2022

Petitioner Mallory sued Norfolk in Pennsylvania after he was exposed to carcinogens by the corporation and developed cancer. To operate in Pennsylvania, foreign corporations must “be incorporated in Pennsylvania, have its principal place of business in Pennsylvania, or have consented to the exercise of jurisdiction.”

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JUNE 23, 2021

Share A Pennsylvania school district on Wednesday may have won the war over regulating off-campus student speech, but it lost the battle over a cheerleader’s profanity-laden complaint on Snapchat. The justices ruled that the First Amendment allows schools to regulate at least some student speech that occurs off campus.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

However, the district court dismissed the case, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue the judges and the commissioner. This is not the only recent US appeals court ruling concerning carry licenses.

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Law 360

MAY 27, 2021

A Pennsylvania appellate court's recent decision in Good Shepherd Rehabilitation v. Allentown sets a positive precedent for other nonprofits subject to Allentown's aggressive tax position, and its recent decision in Mandler v.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 26, 2021

A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that secretly recorded audio can be used against a nanny accused of assaulting three young children. Justice Max…

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Law 360

APRIL 4, 2023

A New Jersey and Pennsylvania bistate commission handling a Delaware River bridge project went beyond its powers when it mandated that contractors make project labor agreements with specific unions in order to bid on the construction contract, a Garden State appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since a 1976 Supreme Court ruling , incarcerated individuals are the only group of people in the United States to have a constitutional right to health care. The answer, according to University of Pennsylvania researchers Katherine Rohde, Taylor Ross, and Caitlyn Kim , “is not so clear.”. Katherine Rohde is a J.D.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 3-2 decision that the Commonwealth Court, an intermediate appellate court, must determine whether Medicaid should cover the cost of abortion procedures. In 1985, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the law in Fischer v.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A recent Pennsylvania federal court decision compelling Rutter's Inc.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Steel can't intervene in a rival company's lawsuit before the Court of International Trade, since NLMK Pennsylvania LLC's request for refunds of tariffs on foreign steel would not economically harm other domestic steelmakers, the court ruled.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A suburban Philadelphia court clerk exceeded their legal authority when adding more than $1.37 million in attorney fees and costs to a $34,224 judgment in a contract dispute between a father and son over ownership of a manufacturing company, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Friday.

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Mondaq

JULY 23, 2021

A recent federal court ruling in a matter of first impression could have broad implications on data privacy in Pennsylvania, particularly with respect to the way in which a company obtains information about visitors to its website.

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