40 Pennsylvania opinions name it 4 courts 1979–2026 17 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Commonwealth v. Rykardgreen2 sentences2020More recently, we noted that, [t]he purpose of a Rule 907 pre-dismissal notice is ‘to allow a petitioner an opportunity to seek leave to amend his petition and correct any material defects, the ultimate goal being to permit merits review by the PCRA court of potentially arguable claims.’ Commonwealth v. Rykard, [] 55 A.3d 1177, 1189 (Pa. Super. 2012)[.] The response to the Rule 907 notice ‘is an opportunity for a petitioner and/or his counsel to object to the dismissal and alert the PCRA court of a perceived error, permitting the court to discern the potential for amendment.’ Id. 2020More recently, we noted that, [t]he purpose of a Rule 907 pre-dismissal notice is ‘to allow a petitioner an opportunity to seek leave to amend his petition and correct any material defects, the ultimate goal being to permit merits review by the PCRA court of potentially arguable claims.’ Commonwealth v. Rykard, [] 55 A.3d 1177, 1189 (Pa. Super. 2012)[.] The response to the Rule 907 notice ‘is an opportunity for a petitioner and/or his counsel to object to the dismissal and alert the PCRA court of a perceived error, permitting the court to discern the potential for amendment.’ Id. | 8 | 10 |
Commonwealth v. Smithgreen2 sentences2022However, we note that Appellant is free to pursue these claims in the PCRA court, as Rule 907 notice gives Appellant the opportunity to “alert the PCRA court of a perceived error [and] to object to counsel’s effectiveness at the PCRA level.” Commonwealth v. Smith, 121 A.3d 1049, 1054 (Pa.Super. 2015). -7- 2020Because there is no evidence of a Turner/Finley letter and the court did not issue Rule 907 notice, we must vacate and remand.3 Rule 907 notice gives Vo the opportunity to “alert the PCRA court of a perceived error [and] to object to counsel’s effectiveness at the PCRA level.” See Smith, supra. Accordingly, we remand for proper issuance of notice of the PCRA court’s intent to dismiss Vo’s petition, which the trial court shall issue within twenty days of this decision. | 7 | 7 |
Commonwealth v. Williamsgreen2 sentences2021The response is an opportunity for a petitioner and/or his counsel to object to the dismissal and alert the PCRA court of a perceived error, permitting the court to “discern the potential for amendment.” Id. at 527 . 2021The response is an opportunity for a petitioner and/or his counsel to object to the dismissal and alert the PCRA court of a perceived error, permitting the court to “discern the potential for amendment.” Id. at 527 . | 3 | 11 |
Com. v. Vo, K.green2 sentences2025This is intended to afford a PCRA petitioner the opportunity to, inter alia, “correct any material defects” in the petition initially filed before the court. -7- J-S14023-25 Commonwealth v. Weimer, 167 A.3d 78, 86 (Pa. Super. 2017); see also Commonwealth v. Vo, 235 A.3d 365, 372 (Pa. Super. 2020) (“The response to the Rule 907 notice is an opportunity for a petitioner and/or his counsel to object to the dismissal and alert the PCRA court of a perceived error, permitting the court to discern the potential for amendment.”) (citation and quotation marks omitted). 2023Commonwealth v. Vo, 235 A.3d 365, 372 (Pa. Super. 2020) (citations and original brackets omitted). -7- J-S08007-23 of the petition, but an opinion was not, in fact, attached to, or filed with, said order nor was a copy of an opinion provided to Appellant. | 3 | 3 |
Commonwealth v. Edmondsongreen2 sentences2025See Edmondson, 718 A.2d at 753 . 2025See Commonwealth v. Edmondson, 718 A.2d 751, 753 (Pa. 1998) (explaining that the requirement that a defendant make a timely, specific objection “in the trial court [to preserve an issue for appeal] ensures that the trial judge has a chance to correct alleged trial errors and - 19 - J-A22016-25 eliminates the possibility that the appellate court will be required to expend time and energy reviewing points on which no trial ruling has been made”). | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth v. Weimergreen2 sentences2025This is intended to afford a PCRA petitioner the opportunity to, inter alia, “correct any material defects” in the petition initially filed before the court. -7- J-S14023-25 Commonwealth v. Weimer, 167 A.3d 78, 86 (Pa. Super. 2017); see also Commonwealth v. Vo, 235 A.3d 365, 372 (Pa. Super. 2020) (“The response to the Rule 907 notice is an opportunity for a petitioner and/or his counsel to object to the dismissal and alert the PCRA court of a perceived error, permitting the court to discern the potential for amendment.”) (citation and quotation marks omitted). 2025“The ultimate goal of this process is to permit merit[s] review by the PCRA court of potentially arguable claims.” Weimer, 167 A.3d at 86 . | 1 | 1 |
Federal Aviation Administration v. Coopergreen1 sentence2022See generally F.A.A. v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 284, 291 (2012). - 10 - J-S01028-22 1279. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Leskogreen1 sentence2021Commonwealth v. Lesko, 15 A.3d 345, 363-65 (Pa. 2011) (emphasis in original; footnotes omitted). [J-57-2020] - 14 Taking this background into account, we agree with the parties that the most natural understanding of what transpired in this matter is that the District Court’s March 7, 2017 order vacated appellant’s death sentence, which the common pleas court then effectively re-imposed through its March 20, 2019 order proclaiming that appellant’s “sentence of death stands.” Several proofs support this conclusion. | 1 | 1 |
Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authoritygreen1 sentence2020See Reilly, 489 A.2d at 1299 . | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Venablegreen1 sentence2019In Commonwealth v. Venable, 200 A.3d 490, 499 (Pa. Super. 2018), we focused on the level of risk to others’ safety in order to determine whether there was probable cause to conduct a traffic stop based on careless driving. | 1 | 1 |
Costopoulos v. Thornburghgreen2 sentences1987See Application of Biester, 487 Pa. 438 , 409 A.2d 848 (1979). 1987See Application of Biester, 487 Pa. 438 , 409 A.2d 848 (1979). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Browngreen2 sentences1986See Commonwealth v. Brown, 497 Pa. 7 , 438 A.2d 592 (1981). 1 In all three cases the Superior Court rejected the Commonwealth’s allegations of waiver by concluding that the record lacked evidence to support the Commonwealth’s burden of proving a waiver. 1986See Commonwealth v. Brown, 497 Pa. 7 , 438 A.2d 592 (1981). 1 In all three cases the Superior Court rejected the Commonwealth’s allegations of waiver by concluding that the record lacked evidence to support the Commonwealth’s burden of proving a waiver. | 1 | 1 |
Thomas v. Collinsgreen1 sentence1979See Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 44-45 (1976) (“[T]he constitutionality... turns on whether the governmental interests advanced . . . satisfy the exacting scrutiny applicable to limitations on core First Amendment rights of political expression.”); Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 406 (1963); Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 354 U.S. 234, 265 (1957) (Frankfurter, J., concurring) (“For a citizen to be made to forego even a part of so basic a liberty as his political autonomy, the subordinating interest of the State must be compelling.”); Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516, 530 (1944); see also Black, Th | 1 | 1 |
Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wymangreen1 sentence1979See Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 44-45 (1976) (“[T]he constitutionality... turns on whether the governmental interests advanced . . . satisfy the exacting scrutiny applicable to limitations on core First Amendment rights of political expression.”); Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 406 (1963); Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 354 U.S. 234, 265 (1957) (Frankfurter, J., concurring) (“For a citizen to be made to forego even a part of so basic a liberty as his political autonomy, the subordinating interest of the State must be compelling.”); Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516, 530 (1944); see also Black, Th | 1 | 1 |
Sherbert v. Vernergreen1 sentence1979See Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 44-45 (1976) (“[T]he constitutionality... turns on whether the governmental interests advanced . . . satisfy the exacting scrutiny applicable to limitations on core First Amendment rights of political expression.”); Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 406 (1963); Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 354 U.S. 234, 265 (1957) (Frankfurter, J., concurring) (“For a citizen to be made to forego even a part of so basic a liberty as his political autonomy, the subordinating interest of the State must be compelling.”); Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516, 530 (1944); see also Black, Th | 1 | 1 |
Buckley v. Valeogreen1 sentence1979See Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 44-45 (1976) (“[T]he constitutionality... turns on whether the governmental interests advanced . . . satisfy the exacting scrutiny applicable to limitations on core First Amendment rights of political expression.”); Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 406 (1963); Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 354 U.S. 234, 265 (1957) (Frankfurter, J., concurring) (“For a citizen to be made to forego even a part of so basic a liberty as his political autonomy, the subordinating interest of the State must be compelling.”); Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516, 530 (1944); see also Black, Th | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Commonwealth v. Mason
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2 sentences1986Id., 507 Pa. at 399 , 490 A.2d at 422 . 1986Id., 507 Pa. at 399 , 490 A.2d at 422 . | 2 | 1985–1986 |
Dixon v. Cameron County School District
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1 sentence2026“A demurrer should be sustained only in cases that are free from doubt and only when it appears with certainty that the law permits no recovery under the allegations made.” Id. 6 declaratory judgments or to enforce this chapter by injunction or other remedy deemed approptranriate [sic] by the court.” 2. [The trial court] erred by not applying the law as stated and codified, §706(4) “The names of all citizens who appeared officially and the subject of their testimony.” 3. [The trial court] erred by not recognizing §710.1(b) “Any person has the right to raise an objection at any time to a percei | 1 | 2026–2026 |
TTSP Corp. v. The Rose Corp.
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1 sentence2022For example, in TTSP, the parties executed a contract that provided for arbitration even though the clause at issue did not include the terms “arbitration” or “arbitrator.” Id. at ____________________________________________ 10 The phrase “magic words” generally refers to a perceived requirement that certain words must be explicitly stated to effectuate a particular construction, interpretation, or holding. | 1 | 2022–2022 |
L.A.L. v. V.D.
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1 sentence2016The trial court also seems to have deemed section 5325(2) standing either unavailing in light of the perceived waiver bar or, instead, inapplicable because the Children’s parents were never married.5 Regardless of the confounding nature of the record on this point, we reject the trial court’s position in either case, as no waiver bar applied, and our decision in L.A.L., supra, construed section 5325(2) to grant standing even if parents had never married. | 1 | 2016–2016 |
Giordano v. A.C. & S. Inc.
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2 sentences2004The perceived principle that we must consider only the judgment attributable to an individual defendant is derived from Giordano v. AC & S, Inc., 446 Pa.Super. 232 , 666 A.2d 710 (1995). 2004The perceived principle that we must consider only the judgment attributable to an individual defendant is derived from Giordano v. AC & S, Inc., 446 Pa.Super. 232 , 666 A.2d 710 (1995). | 1 | 2004–2004 |
O'Merle v. Monroe County Board of Assessment Appeals
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1 sentence1993In O’Merle v. Monroe County Board of Assessment Appeals, 95 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 141, 504 A.2d 975 (1986), this court recognized the limited nature of the Callas exception; we find O’Merle to be controlling here. | 1 | 1993–1993 |
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