Pennsylvania Supreme Court Blog Posts
December 6, 2017
Meek Mill isn’t the only Pennsylvania rapper who has a beef with the state’s justice system. Enter Jamal Knox, aka “Mayhem Mal,” an amateur rapper from Pittsburgh, whose case was recently heard by the Pennsylvania…More
October 25, 2017
The first stage of your case is over and much to your disbelief, the trial court has denied relief. Intending to seek review, you have filed a timely Rule 1925 Statement and are now preparing…More
July 11, 2017
On July 5th, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion that the Uniformity Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution prohibited a school district’s systematic policy of challenging the assessments only of large-scale commercial and…More
February 15, 2017
In a ruling earlier this week, the Supreme Court denied the City of Philadelphia’s attempt to bypass Commonwealth Court and get a direct decision on the constitutionality of the City’s soda tax by the state’s highest court. Procedures…More
June 2, 2016
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to state agencies’ ability to invoke the Right-To-Know Law, but may have further-reaching consequences for government agencies that have separate investigative and adjudicative branches. In PUC v. The Morning Call,…More