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The Commonwealth Court also functions as a trial court in some civil actions by or against the Commonwealth government and cases regarding statewide elections. (42 Pa.C.S. §§ 761–764). Article V, section 4 of the 1968 Pennsylvania Constitution created the Commonwealth Court. Acts enacted in 1970 set up the court.
They handle landlord-tenant matters, small civil claims (cases involving amount in controversy up to $12,000), summary offenses, violations of municipal ordinances, and preliminary hearings and arraignments in greater misdemeanor and felony offenses pursuant to Pennsylvania's Rules of Criminal Procedure which go on to be tried in the courts of ...
Justice Noah H. Swayne, a dissenter of Reading Railroad Co. v. Pennsylvania. Justice Noah H. Swayne dissented from the Court's decision. Swayne interpreted that the tax was levied on businesses instead of freight: I dissent from the opinion just read. In my judgment, the tax is imposed upon the business of those required to pay it. The tonnage ...
The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by 3 Stat. 462 , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] into the Eastern and Western Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ...
The civil and criminal sections each have their own supervising judges, including a separate supervising judge for the civil division's Commerce Case Management Program. As of January 16, 2024, the Commerce Program's Supervising Judge is the Honorable Abbe F. Fletman, [ 11 ] and the Criminal Division Supervising Judge is the Honorable Rose ...
NEW YORK (AP) - After waiting 17 years for O.J. Simpson to pay a $9 million wrongful death judgment, Ronald Goldman's mother is selling her right to the cash online. Sharon Rufo listed the ...
A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. If ...
Congress violates the separation of powers principle when it orders federal courts to reopen their final judgments. Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998) The Line Item Veto Act is unconstitutional because it allows the President to amend or repeal parts of statutes without the pre-approval of Congress.