Opinion

Benchoff v. Pa. Dept. of Corr.

  • 185 A.3d 979
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jun 1, 2018
Status
Published
On the bench
Wecht
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 48.8%

“A grievance process that does not preserve some access to a court of record, however strictly circumscribed, not only is constitutionally inadequate, but also undermines traditional notions of fairness and justice.”

How later courts described this case

  • “A grievance process that does not preserve some access to a court of record, however strictly circumscribed, not only is constitutionally inadequate, but also undermines traditional notions of fairness and justice.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PER CURIAM

AND NOW,

this 1

st

day of June, 2018, the order of the Commonwealth Court is hereby

AFFIRMED

.

Justice Wecht files a concurring statement.

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