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(PA Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 7 (B)(1)(c)) [7] After the ten-year term expires, a statewide yes or no vote for retention is conducted. A judge who is retained serves another ten-year term. If the judge is not retained, the governor, subject to the approval of the State Senate, appoints a temporary replacement until a special election can ...
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania , and is now located at ...
The Pennsylvania High Court of Errors and Appeals was a public tribunal existing from 1780 to 1808; it was the court of last resort in the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania General Assembly created it during the American Revolution to take the place of the British Appeals Committee of the Privy Council .
Five people were on the boat, but only four flotation devices were on board, according to the charge. The stop occurred at 7:30 p.m. on May 20, 2016.
A "notice of appeal" is a form or document that in many cases is required to begin an appeal. The form is completed by the appellant or by the appellant's legal representative. The nature of this form can vary greatly from country to country and from court to court within a country.
The Commonwealth Court is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated cases from the Courts of Common Pleas. [10] The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the final appellate court. All judges in Pennsylvania are elected; the chief justice is determined by seniority. [10]
J. Michael Eakin (born November 18, 1948) [2] is an American lawyer, who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.He was elected to the State's Supreme Court in 2001 as a Republican.
Dennis Michael Fisher (born November 7, 1944) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.He also serves as the Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. [1]