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Patsone v. Pennsylvania, 232 U.S. 138 (1914) was a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Pennsylvania’s Act of May 8, 1909, deeming it unlawful for "unnaturalized foreign born residents" to kill wild animals, except for when defending their property or person and only by means of a pistol; the Pennsylvania statue barred unnaturalized foreign born residents from possession of shotguns or rifles ...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court consists of seven justices, each elected to ten year terms. Supreme Court judicial candidates may run on party tickets. The justice with the longest continuous service on the court automatically becomes Chief Justice. Justices must step down from the Supreme Court when they reach the age of 75 (at the end of the ...
Commonwealth v. Matos, 672 A.2d 769 (1996), is a Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case which further developed Pennsylvania Constitutional Law as affording greater privacy protections than those guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically, where police possess neither probable cause nor reasonable ...
May 16, 2024 at 8:19 AM. NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A 78-year-old woman's tragic death was left unsolved until technological advances led law enforcement to a break in the case more than 35 ...
In October 2023, parents of University of Pennsylvania student Sarah Katz filed a lawsuit against Panera alleging their daughter died as a result of consuming Charged Lemonade. The suit noted that ...
May 31, 2024 at 11:35 AM. A high school teenager reportedly spent his entire senior year without a permanent place to live. But against all odds, he graduated and was crowned valedictorian of his ...
Saylor, Mundy. League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al. —abbreviated League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth —was a decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on gerrymandering, concerning the power of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to draw maps based on partisan advantage.
The Commonwealth Court's headquarters is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with jurisdiction over administrative and civil public law. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is the other intermediate appellate court in the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System, having jurisdiction over criminal and private civil cases. The jurisdiction of the nine-judge ...