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Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, United States except those cases which involve decisions of governmental agencies; public sector legal questions; actions to which the Commonwealth is a party other than criminal cases; or actions to which a not-for-profit, private corporation is a party, all of which are appealed instead to the Commonwealth Court.
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.
Anne E. Lazarus (born November 12, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who currently serves as the President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.A member of the Democratic Party, Lazarus was elected to the Superior Court on November 3, 2009. [1]
Feb. 6—An uncle's guilty plea to third-degree murder in the fatal stabbing death of his nephew must stand, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled in an eight page opinion that overturned a ...
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania [3] Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas (60 judicial districts) [4] Magisterial District Courts [5] Former colonial and state courts of Pennsylvania. Provincial Court (1684-1722) Orphans' Courts (1688-1968 when merged with Courts of Common Pleas) Justice of the Peace Courts (1682 - now Magisterial District ...
Judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court; In office March 20, 2006 – January 6, 2010: Preceded by: Edmund B. Spaeth Jr. Succeeded by: Anne Lazarus: Judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas; In office January 1, 1998 – March 17, 2006: 17th District Attorney of Allegheny County; In office January 5, 1976 – January 1, 1998 ...
This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts ...
Megan McCarthy King (born December 8, 1969) is an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who currently serves as a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. [1] A member of the Republican Party , King was elected to the Superior Court on November 5, 2019.