Case law

School District v. Wilkinsburg Education Ass'n

542 Pa. 335 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 27, 1995

In New Castle Orthopedic Assoc. v. … See Cagnoli v.

Crawford Zoning Case

358 Pa. 636 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 6, 1948

Whether the board’s refusal to certify the requested variance is tantamount to a manifest abuse of discretion is the sole factor to be adjudged, Jennings’ Appeal, 330 *641 Pa. 154, 198 A. 621 ; Fleming v. … The appellee cites in justification of the action of the Zoning Board the case of Kurman et al. v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment et al., 351 Pa. 247 , 40 A. 2d 381 .

Potter v. Gilbert

177 Pa. 159 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1896

Lawrence & Brown were to pay all taxes assessed on improvements, which last were not to pass to the lessors by reason of erection on the land. … No truer principle of real justice was ever uttered than by Gibson, J., when he said, referring to hardship as an element in the construction of covenants, in Lighty v.

Commonwealth v. ORSATTI, INC.

448 Pa. 72 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 28, 1972

On November 14, 1968, the Board issued an order dismissing the complaint as being out of time. Orsatti did not appeal the Board’s order. … As we said in Commonwealth v.

Grime v. Department of Public Instruction

324 Pa. 371 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 13, 1936

Lower Merion Township, 298 Pa. 471, 473 ; Welser v. Ealer, 317 Pa. 182, 184 , and see Koontz v. Messer, 314 Pa. 434 ; Staryeu v. Midouhas, 299 Pa. 352 ; Lackawanna County v. James, 296 Pa. 225 ; Rutherford Water Co. v. … In Nolan v.

Krasner, L., Aplt. v. Senator Kim Ward

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2024

The court acknowledged prior decisions from our Court, such as Brown v. … See Brown v.

Capaldi v. Commonwealth

534 Pa. 389 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 19, 1993

Alexander v. Weidner

82 Pa. 452 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 30, 1876

Justice Duncan, in 1828, remarked in Brown v. … In Brown v.

Commonwealth v. Alexander

426 Pa. 360 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 30, 1967

Brown v. Rundle, 424 Pa. 505 , 227 A. 2d 895 , is almost identical with the instant case and, if authority were needed, which it isn’t, is controlling. … The meaning of ‘an establishment of religion’ is analyzed and interpreted in the recent case of Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 . “Brown’s contentions are . . . ridiculous.”

Duquesne Light Company Case

345 Pa. 458 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 29, 1942

industry, (4) relationship between any proposed unit and the employer’s organization, including geographical location of the parts, and (5) skill, wages, working conditions and work of the employees: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. … policy of the state “to protect the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and *463 designation of representatives of their own choosing”: See Dissenting Opinion, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v.

Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties v. State System of Higher Education

505 Pa. 369 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 6, 1984

Retirement Board of Allegheny Co., 390 Pa. 75 , 134 A.2d 231 (1957); Baker v. Retirement Board of Allegheny County, 374 Pa. 165 , 97 A.2d 231 (1953); McBride v. … Retirement Board, supra; McBride v. Allegheny Co. Retirement Board, supra; Retirement Board of Allegheny Co. v. McGovern, supra. Commonwealth ex rel. Zimmerman v.

Keenheel v. SECURITIES COM'N

523 Pa. 223 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 25, 1989

In Shovel Transfer and Storage, Inc. v. … See also, XPress Truck Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control *229 Board, 503 Pa. 399 , 469 A.2d 1000 (1983); Ezy Parks v. Larson, 499 Pa. 615 , 454 A.2d 928 (1982).

First Bellefonte Bank & Trust Co. v. Myers

410 Pa. 298 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 19, 1963

Banking Board, 383 Pa. 253, 256 , 118 A. 2d 561 ; Delaware County National Bank v. Campbell, 378 Pa. 311, 316-317, 327-328 , 106 A. 2d 416 . As we said in Philadelphia Saving Fund Society v. … Myers, 388 Pa. 444 , 130 A. 2d 686 ; Philadelphia Saving Fund Society v. Banking Board of Pennsylvania, 383 Pa. 253 , 118 A. 2d 561 .’ Dauphin Deposit Trust Company v.

Giles v. Ackles

9 Pa. 147 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 16, 1848

In New York it was held, that the adjournment of a suit is a sufficient consideration for a promise: Stewart v. McGuin, 1 Cow. 90 . This case is not unlike that of Pullin v. Stokes, 2 H. Bl. 312. … Here the execution was in the hands of the sheriff against Brown, who was down the river with coal. Giles promised to pay the debt if the plaintiff’s attorney would stay the writ for six weeks.

Mignatti Appeal

403 Pa. 144 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 13, 1961

No further testimony having been taken by the lower court, it was their duty (as it is ours) only to determine if the Board committed a manifest abuse of discretion or an error of law. Kotzin v. Plymouth Twp. … In reversing the action of the board the lower court relied on a similar unappealed case in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County to substantiate their position — (M&M Stone Company v.

City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth

575 Pa. 542 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 7, 2003

Brown v. … Bell v.

F. W. Woolworth Co. Tax Assessment Case

426 Pa. 583 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 1967

The Board of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review of Allegheny County (Board) introduced the assessment of $1,493,730 and rested. The taxpayers called a real estate broker as an expert witness. … Deitch Company v. Board of Property Assessment, 417 Pa. 213 , 209 A. 2d 397 (1965); McKnight Shopping Center, Inc. v. Board of Property Assessment, 417 Pa. 234 , 209 A. 2d 389 (1965); Borg-Warner Corp. v.

Frederick v. American Hardware Supply Co.

384 Pa. Super. 72 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 20, 1989

v. … Fusaro v. *77 Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 85 Pa. Cmwlth.Ct. 507, 483 A.2d 1013 (1984).

POM of PA v. Dep't of Rev.; Apl. of: Dep't of Rev.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 15, 2026

I depart from the Majority, however, with respect to its analysis and disposition of the appeal in POM of Pennsylvania, LLC v. Department of Revenue, 221 A.3d 717 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2019) (en banc) (POM). … that the Board may issue. 4 Pa.

Irwin v. Keen

3 Whart. 347 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 17, 1838

This principle is distinctly asserted, in M'Clurg v. Lecky, (3 Penn. Rep. 94). … In M‘Clurg v. Lecky, it was attempted to distinguish a legal from a moral fraud.