# Commonwealth Ex Rel. Davis v. Pennsylvania Board of Parole

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 16, 1979 · 484 Pa. 157

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9644511

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Lonnie DAVIS, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PAROLE, Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 16, 1979
- **Citations:** 484 Pa. 157; 398 A.2d 992; 1979 Pa. LEXIS 487
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Larsen
- **Judges:** Eagen, Larsen, Manderino, Nix, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that “[j]urisdiction over complaints against State agencies or officers administrating the parole system which are not direct or collateral attacks on the conviction or sentence was vested exclusively in the Commonwealth Court”
- holding that a proceeding in mandamus is available to compel a public official to correct a mistake in applying the law when interpreting commitment papers

## Opinion text

*163 LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent and adopt the reasoning of the Commonwealth Court’s Opinion as authored by the Honorable Judge Roy Wilkinson, Jr. That case may be found at Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel. Lonnie Davis v. Pennsylvania Board of Parole, 27 Pa.Cmwlth. 335 , 365 A.2d 702 (1976).
MANDERINO, J., joins this dissenting opinion.

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