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  • Appeal of Bentivegna (Hampton Twp. SD)

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 2, 2024

    WESTERN DISTRICT NICHOLAS AND TERESA BENTIVEGNA, : No. 82 WM 2023 : Petitioners : : v … : : HAMPTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL : DISTRICT, HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, : ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ALLEGHENY : COUNTY BOARD OF

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  • Penncrest SD v. Cagle, T., Aplt.

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 19, 2025

    In Easton Area School District v. … Services v. A Second Chance, Inc., 13 A.3d 1025, 1034 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2011)). 36 See Bowling v.

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  • Commonwealth ex rel. Alessandroni v. Confluence Borough

    427 Pa. 540 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 14, 1967

    McLaughlin v. Erie County, 375 Pa. 344 , 100 A. 2d 601 (1953). The Erie case is readily distinguishable from the present situation. … Verratti v. Ridley Township, 416 Pa. 242, 246 , 206 A. 2d 13, 14 (1965); Travis v. Teter, 370 Pa. 326, 330 , 87 A. 2d 177, 179 (1952). Here there is no showing of a clear abuse of discretion by the lower court.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Yates

    531 Pa. 373 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 16, 1992

    In Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Sneed, 514 Pa. 597, 606-07 , 526 A.2d 749, 754 (1987)....

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Keitt v. Ross

    466 Pa. 576 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 17, 1976

    See Ross v. Keitt, 10 Pa. Cmwlth. 375, 308 A.2d 906 (1973). … Dist. v. Pa. Labor Rel.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • PA Dem Party. v. Boockvar Pet: Boockvar

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 3, 2020

    WILLIAMS : : : v. … See Hollingsworth v.

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  • Lerch Hardware Co. v. First National Bank

    109 Pa. 240 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 23, 1885

    Pugh, 4 W. & S., 445 ; Brown v. Street, 6 Id., 221; Hutchinson v. Boggs, 4 Casey, 294; Gray’s Adm’rs v. Bank of Kentucky, 5 Casey, 365.” … Pugh, 4 W. & S., 445 ; Brown v. Street, 6 Id., 221; Gray’s Adm’rs v. The Bank, 29 Pa. St., .365; Sloan v. Union Banking Co., 67 Id., 470.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Overholt v. National Bank

    82 Pa. 490 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 13, 1876

    This question was not before the court, and was not decided in Brown v. The Second National Bank of Erie, 22 P. F. Smith 209. … The words of the Act of Congress, “ shall be held a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill or other evidence carries with it,” as was said in Brown v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Tessel

    347 Pa. Super. 37 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 25, 1985

    The sentence was therefore an illegal sentence — a fact that we may notice sua sponte. [14] See Commonwealth *53 v. Brown, 290 Pa.Super. 448, 453 , 434 A.2d 838, 840 (1981); Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 290 Pa.Super. 448 , 434 A.2d 838 (1981).

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • WOOD v. Goldvarg

    365 Pa. 92 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 26, 1950

    In his negotiations with plaintiffs and his petition to the Board, Goldvarg never sought nor expected to obtain permission to construct anything but a double duplex apartment. … It is well settled that in order to oust equity jurisdiction, there must be a legal remedy that is adequate and complete: Fraser Fund v. Fraser, 350 Pa. 553 , 40 A. 2d 22 ; Hunter v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • DeSue, J. v. Bank of America (WCAB)

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 29, 2022

    PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT JOANNE DESUE : No. 194 WAL 2022 : : v … Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the : Commonwealth Court BANK OF AMERICA (WORKERS' : COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD

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  • Gasperin v. Consolidated Coal Co.

    293 Pa. 589 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 21, 1928

    cases, our revisory powers are limited to such consideration of the record as will enable us to ascertain whether there is evidence to support the findings and, if so, whether the law has been properly applied”: Watkins v. … A compensation agreement was later executed by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and the injured man was paid compensation for total disability.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Lecker v. Valentine

    286 Pa. 418 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 3, 1926

    In Tarr v. … Again, in Ather *421 holt v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Ebbert v. Plymouth Oil Co.

    348 Pa. 129 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 1, 1943

    Hallahan, 211 Pa. 223 , 60 A. 735 ; Williams v. … S.) *172, *183; Rhines v. Evans, 66 Pa. 192, 194, 195 ; Guarantee Trust *137 & Safe Deposit Co. v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Fetterolf, S., Pet.v. ZHB of Sewickley

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 1, 2021

    : : : ZONING HEARING BOARD OF THE : BOROUGH OF SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, : : Respondent … : : : ZONING HEARING BOARD OF THE : BOROUGH OF SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS, : : Respondent

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  • McCracken v. Bissett

    415 Pa. 303 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 29, 1964

    at the organization meeting, at which time the temporary chairman stated that a vacancy existed on the school board which the board would proceed to fill if the duly elected and qualified school director [s] took no action … See Brinton v. Kerr, 320 Pa. 62 , 181 Atl. 569 (1935). Decree affirmed at appellants’ costs.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Spyker v. Wible

    236 Pa. 380 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 6, 1912

    At all events, it will be assumed that the county auditors did what the statute required and settled the accounts of the county officers for that year: Schuylkill County v. Boyer, 125 Pa. 226 . … Justice Woodward, delivering the opinion in Northampton County v. Yohe, 24 Pa. 305, 307 , says, inter alia: “The board (of county auditors) is to audit the accounts of officers for the year immediately preceding.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Lee, D., Aplt.

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 2026

    See Scott v. Pa. … There is, however, no right to favorable parole consideration by the Board. Indeed, a Board decision to deny parole is not subject to judicial review. See Pittman v. Pa.

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  • Sgarlat Estate v. Commonwealth

    398 Pa. 406 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 18, 1960

    The Board’s appraisers valued the condemned acreage at $1660, which was offered and refused, and a Board of View later awarded $6500. … In Chatfield v. Board of Revision of Taxes, 346 Pa. 159 (1943), 29 A. 2d 685 , we refused to base damage value upon the future development of a large estate as a community of small homes, and in Cox v. H. & P.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Hoar v. Lancaster City

    290 Pa. 117 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 1927

    L. 337, provides that such cities “may by ordinance create a board of health” and, possessing that authority, the City of Lancaster created a board of health, for the protection of the welfare and health of the citizens of … In Hill v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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