Denial of Allowance of Appeal Leaves Superior Court Order Intact; Supplemental Record Moot; Sealing Continued (Toll Brothers Consolidated Petitions) Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Eastern...
Allocatur Denial Does Not Create Precedent: Per Curiam Refusal to Review Consolidated Toll Brothers Appeals (and Continuation of Sealing) 1. Introduction This Supreme Court of Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denial of Allocatur in Consolidated Toll Brothers Appeals; Supplemental Record Request Moot; Sealing Continued 1. Introduction This matter consists of numerous consolidated...
Denial of Allocatur in Consolidated Toll Brothers Home-Construction Appeals: Superior Court Orders Stand; Sealing Continues 1. Introduction This Supreme Court of Pennsylvania disposition concerns a...
Allocatur Denial Leaves Superior Court Ruling Intact; Supplemental Record Becomes Moot; Sealing Continues (Toll Brothers Consolidated Petitions) 1. Introduction This matter consists of numerous...
Rejecting a Return to Beauty Hall: Downstream Economic Harm and Burdened Transactions Support Associational Standing (Donohue, J., dissenting) Case: D.M. and the Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition v....
Child Support Civil Contempt: Enforcing Rule 1910.25 Financial Disclosures and Requiring Ability-to-Pay Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt for Coercive Imprisonment I. Introduction Bredbenner v. Hall,...
Reversible Error When Prosecutor Calls a Known Recalcitrant Witness—Even Without an Express Fifth Amendment Invocation Before the Jury Introduction In Commonwealth v. Belgrave (Pa. Mar. 26, 2026),...
Strickland Prejudice in Pennsylvania Capital Sentencing: When Failed Impeachment Undermines Proof of a Single, Morally Potent Aggravator Case: Commonwealth v. Johnson (Pa. Supreme Court, Eastern...
Pennsylvania Constitution Bars Per Se Life-Without-Parole for Felony Murder Absent a Culpability Assessment Introduction Commonwealth v. Lee arises from a 2014 home invasion in which Appellant Derek...
Post-Sentence SORNA II (Subchapter I) Constitutional Challenges Are Civil Actions Against PSP in Commonwealth Court—Not PCRA or Habeas in Common Pleas 1. Introduction Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Arnett...
Section 311 Notice Does Not Require Sole Proprietors to Notify Insurers; Section 103 Controls and Section 401 Is Article IV–Limited Case: Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company v. David Heater...
Newborn Dependency Venue Under Pa.R.J.C.P. 1300(A): A Child’s “Residence” May Follow the Parents When the Infant Has Never Left the Hospital (Justice Mundy, Concurring and Dissenting) Case: In the...
Notice-and-Cure Procedure for CLE Noncompliance Leading to Administrative Suspension Under Pa.R.C.L.E. 111(b) Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Date: 2026-03-18 Subject: Administrative suspension...
Ineffective Assistance at Capital Resentencing for Failure to Preserve Objections to Irrelevant, Unfairly Prejudicial “Serial Killer” Evidence Case: Commonwealth v. Smith, W. (Supreme Court of...
Pennsylvania Juvenile Delinquency Transfers: Two-Step Intercounty Acceptance, Record-Transmission Protocols, and Deadline Reset Decision/Event: In Re: Order Amending Rules 200, 300, 302, and 630 of...
Section 8371 Bad-Faith Liability Does Not Extend to Surety Bonds (and the Limits of Binding Sureties to a Principal’s Arbitration Award) 1) Introduction Eastern Steel Constructors, Inc. v....
Surety Bonds Are Not “Insurance” Under 42 Pa. C.S. § 8371; Non-Consenting Sureties Are Not Bound by Subcontract Arbitration Awards Introduction Eastern Steel Constructors, Inc. (a subcontractor,...
Section 518(2) Finality: Only Orders that Actually Confirm/Modify/Change a Viewers’ Report (Not Pretrial Valuation Rulings) Are Immediately Appealable Case: In Re: Condemnation by the City of...
Traffic-Stop Safety Rule: Police May Temporarily Secure a Firearm in Plain View and Within the Driver’s Reach Without First Determining Licensure Commonwealth v. Hawkins-Davenport (Pa. Feb. 18, 2026)...