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  • Love v. Bedstone Township School District

    375 Pa. 200 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 9, 1953

    The minutes of the School Board show in each instance that plaintiff was elected as a substitute teacher. Appellant cites Jones v. … Hetrick v. Sunbury School District, 335 Pa. 6 , 6 A. 2d 279 , decided subsequently to the Jones v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Ulansey v. Juniata Park Medical Center, Inc.

    406 Pa. 389 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 13, 1962

    In Engemann v. … McCreery, 307 Pa. 62 , 160 A. 722 ; 31 C.J.S., §216, page 948; Henry on Evidence, 4th Ed., §475; Marino v. Vecchio, 83 Pa. Superior Ct. 377 ; Wonsetler v. Wonsetler, 23 Pa.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Appeal of Murphy

    482 Pa. 43 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1978

    See, e. g., Potter v. New Jersey Supreme Court, 403 F.Supp. 1036 (D.N.J.1975), aff’d, 546 F.2d 418 (3d Cir. 1976); Rossiter v. Colorado State Board of Law Examiners, No. … C-4767 (D.Colo., filed August 26, 1975) (three-judge court); Lombardi v. Tauro, 470 F.2d 798 (1st Cir. 1972) (no unlawful delegation); Kadans v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Boyd's Executors v. Browne

    6 Pa. 310 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 27, 1847

    These doctrines are fully established by the eases of Haly v. Free, 3 Term Rep. 51; Foster v. Charles, 6 Bing. 369; same case, 7 Bing. 105; Corbit v. Brown, 8 Bing. 33; Allen v. Addington, 7 Wend. 9 . In Foster v. … The soundness of this opinion is fully shown by the authorities, and particularly by Corbit v. Brown, 8 Bing. 33; Allen v. Addington, 7 Wend. 9 , and Ward v. Centre, 3 Johns. Rep. 271.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Steets, K., Aplt. v. Celebration Fireworks (WCAB)

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 30, 2025

    Take, for example, the situation in Holler v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Tri Wire Engineering Solutions, Inc.), 104 A.3d 68 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2014). In that case, the 2 See Kemps v. Steets (Workers’ Comp. … For these reasons, I respectfully dissent. 3 Furthermore, the Majority relies on our decision in City of Scranton v.

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  • Pascal, S., Aplts v. City of Pgh ZBA

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 22, 2021

    In Dussia v. … In Caperton v. A.T.

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  • Thomas v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

    280 Pa. 331 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 14, 1924

    Had the referee and board so found, and granted compensation, the judgment might be sustained (Watkins v. Pittsburgh Coal Co., 278 Pa. 463 ; Hornetz v. P. & R. C. & I. Co., 277 Pa. 40 ; Wolford v. Geisel M. & S. … Carnegie Co., 263 Pa. 113 ; Kuca v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth, Office of Administration v. Orage

    511 Pa. 528 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 25, 1986

    As stated in Sterling v. … See also Commonwealth, Department of State v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • LeGare v. COM., UNEMPLOY. COMP. BD. OF REV.

    498 Pa. 72 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 3, 1982

    Penn Hills School District v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 496 Pa. 620 at 625 , 437 A.2d 1213 at 1215 (1981); Frumento v. … (hearsay may not support a Board finding unless supported by competent evidence) [3] ; Walker v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 27 Pa.Cmwlth. 522 , 367 A.2d 366 (1976).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Allegheny County Personal Property Tax Assessment Cases

    349 Pa. 651 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 23, 1944

    A reassessment thereof was made and an additional tax imposed against Arthur V. Davis which, with interest, amounted to $57,321.85. … The language of this act makes clear that unless the returns were either false or incomplete -no authority existed whereby the Board could make the reassessment for each of the respective years. In Schmuck v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Moosic Lakes Club v. Gorski

    402 Pa. 640 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 13, 1961

    (Our emphasis) In Bagley v. … That might be true, under cases with facts like those in Cella v. Davidson, 304 Pa. 389 (1931), 156 A. 99 , but Siranovich v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Wolf & Schoening v. City of Philadelphia

    105 Pa. 25 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 11, 1884

    The city of Philadelphia in the year 1875 built a sewer on that part of North Fourth street between Brown and Beaver. … Jones v. Patterson, 1 W. & S., 321 ; Batdorf v. Albert, 9 P. F. Smith, 59.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • French v. Seely

    6 Watts 292 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 15, 1837

    The eleventh section of the act of the 3d of April. 1792, as is held in Shoenberger v. … It is no slight recommendation to the decision in Shoenberger v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Sugarhouse HSP Gaming, LP v. Pa. G. C. Bd.

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 20, 2017

    Petitioner : Appeal from the Supplemental : Adjudication of the Pennsylvania : Gaming Control Board in the matter of v … Notably, the Board adopted this definition nearly verbatim in its regulation relevant to the Board's operations and organization. 58 Pa. Code § 403a.1.

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  • Commonwealth v. Black

    365 Pa. Super. 502 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 14, 1987

    , and persons duly authorized by the board. … of the board who are under the direct supervision of board members.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ryhal

    274 Pa. 401 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 25, 1922

    against him: Com. v. Keck, 148 Pa. 639 ; Com. v. Cleary, 148 Pa. 26 ; McLain v. Com., 99 Pa. 86 ; Brown v. Com., 73 Pa. 321 ; 16 Corpus Juris, section 2117, p. 839. … While in Com. v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Ashe, Warden

    348 Pa. 409 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 3, 1944

    the fairness and impartiality of the hearing he had before the Parole Board. … Penland v. Ashe, 341 Pa. 337 , 19 A. (2d) 464, and also Com. ex rel. McGlinn v. Smith, 344 Pa. 41 , 24 A. (2d) 1.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Yost

    197 Pa. 171 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 11, 1900

    The rights of such owners are the same: Lord v. Meadville Water Co., 135 Pa. 122 ; Philadelphia & Reading R. R. Co. v. The Pottsville Water Co., 182 Pa. 418 . … The state board of health should have a regular organized meeting of its board, decide upon a complaint, and then the secretary give notice.”

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Kelley v. Cumberland County

    229 Pa. 289 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 17, 1910

    exercise that function, there the right and the authority give rise to the duty; but where the right depends upon the grant of authority, and that authority is essentially discretionary, no legal duty is imposed:” Carr v. … So it necessarily results that, even though authority existed for the prison board to improve this particular road, such work of repairs was not the performance of a duty required of the board by any statute.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Thomas, D., Aplt.

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2024

    Id. at 32-33 (discussing Commonwealth v. Brown, CP-51-CR-0808071-2004). … Commonwealth v. Brown, 196 A.3d 130, 174 (Pa. 2018) (internal citation omitted).

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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