The Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a summary contempt conviction because an offensive courtroom remark did not significantly obstruct or delay the proceeding.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a public-benefits claimant need not prove a substantial burden to establish a First Amendment Free Exercise claim and remanded for application of the correct forced-choice standard.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s constitutional challenge to Act 40’s SEPTA special-prosecutor regime.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld application of the Sovereign Immunity Act’s $250,000 cap to a pedestrian’s stipulated $7 million verdict against SEPTA.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a prosecutor violated due process by disparaging a defendant’s pre-arrest use of counsel, but the error was harmless on this record.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed after concluding that the lower courts misapplied the statutory child-abuse presumption and improperly shifted the burden to a father.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a published anti-SLAPP ruling because the record did not establish that Pennsylvania’s UPEPA was effective when the defamation action began.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a Superior Court ruling that upheld a residential search warrant based on generalized assumptions about where firearm and drug evidence would be kept.