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Board members argued they were exempt from the 24-hour notice requirement of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act because they hadn't received the union's tentative agreement until the day of the public ...
Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is one of two Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts. The jurisdiction of the nine-judge Commonwealth Court is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated cases from the courts of common pleas involving public sector legal questions and government regulation.
Mail ballots lacking a date or that are improperly dated cannot be counted, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision announced Friday. More: Pa. bill would update precinct votes online.
For example, if a case concerns a salary increase payable to a judge, that judge would ordinarily be disqualified from hearing the case. However, if the pay increase is applicable to all of the judges in the court system, the judge will keep the case, because the grounds for recusal would be equally applicable to any other judge.
Talarico said the court ruling specifically dealt with a case in which an agency added an item to an agenda and then voted on that item at the same meeting. Members of Erie County Council hold a ...
A motion to strike is a request by one party in a United States trial requesting that the presiding judge order the removal of all or part of the opposing party's pleading to the court. These motions are most commonly sought by the defendant, as to a matter contained in the plaintiff's complaint; however, they may also be asserted by plaintiffs ...
The court, having already considered the issue of undated or misdated ballots, expedited the appeals process in an Aug. 27 order. "Although Petitioners make the claim that time is of the essence ...