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9 Pennsylvania opinions name it 3 courts 2018–2025 7 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.

Followed or applied (2)

CaseFollowedCited
Pa. Manufacturers' Ass'n Ins. Co. v. Johnson Matthey, Inc.green
pa · 2018 · cited in 6 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2021–2024
2 sentences

2024Co. v. Johnson Matthey, Inc., 188 A.3d 396,399 (Pa. 2018) (per curiam)).

2024If the order in question merely narrows the scope of the litigation and does not resolve the entirety of the parties’ eligibility for declaratory relief, then the order is interlocutory and not immediately appealable. - 17 - J-E02003-24 J-E02004-24 Pennsylvania Manufacturers’, 188 A.3d at 399-400 (quashing appeal as interlocutory where Commonwealth Court entered order that effectively denied appellant’s claim for declaratory relief but left unresolved appellee’s related but broader counterclaim for declaratory relief; as order on appeal does not resolve parties’ competing claims for declarator

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United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alternatives, Inc. v. Department of Bankinggreen
pa · 2011 · cited in 3 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2018–2025
2 sentences

2025USOBA, 26 A.3d at 479 (“The prevailing considerations in [Pennsylvania Bankers Ass’n v. Pennsylvania Department of Banking (Pennsylvania Bankers), . . . 948 A.2d 790 ([Pa.] 2008),] were the effect of the [trial] court’s decision on the scope of the litigation and the practical effect on the ultimate decision in the case.”).

2018This Court last expounded upon the appealability of an order declaring the rights of parties in United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alterr)atives, /nc. v. Department of Banking (“USOBA”), 26 A.3d 474 (Pa. 2011). ln that decision, the Court provided a rather straightforward two-part test for appellate courts to apply when considering whether 4 Effective April 1, 2016, Rule 311(a)(8) replaced Rule 341(b)(2).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Pennsylvania Bankers Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Department of Banking green
pa · 2008
2 sentences

2025USOBA, 26 A.3d at 479 (“The prevailing considerations in [Pennsylvania Bankers Ass’n v. Pennsylvania Department of Banking (Pennsylvania Bankers), . . . 948 A.2d 790 ([Pa.] 2008),] were the effect of the [trial] court’s decision on the scope of the litigation and the practical effect on the ultimate decision in the case.”).

2019USOBA, 26 A.3d at 479 (“The prevailing considerations in [Pennsylvania Bankers Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Banking (“Pennsylvania Bankers”), 597 Pa. 1 , 948 A.2d 790 (2008),] were the effect of the lower court's decision on the scope of the litigation and the practical effect on the ultimate decision in the case.”).

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Schmitt, E. v. State Farm Auto Insurance green
pasuperct · 2021
1 sentence

2024Additionally, while we are mindful of the decision made by a prior panel of this Court in Pennsylvania Services Corp. v. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 98 A.3d 624 , 626 n.1 (Pa. Super. 2014), appeal denied, 114 A.3d 1041 (Pa. 2015) (addressing the merits of an appeal from a declaratory judgment action where non-declaratory (Footnote Continued Next Page) - 11 - J-A05034-24 Rather, within the context of declaratory judgment actions, our Supreme Court has “provided a rather straightforward two-part test for appellate courts to apply when considering whether an order declaring the rights of part

12024–2024
Pennsylvania Services Corp. v. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP green
pasuperct · 2014
1 sentence

2024Additionally, while we are mindful of the decision made by a prior panel of this Court in Pennsylvania Services Corp. v. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 98 A.3d 624 , 626 n.1 (Pa. Super. 2014), appeal denied, 114 A.3d 1041 (Pa. 2015) (addressing the merits of an appeal from a declaratory judgment action where non-declaratory (Footnote Continued Next Page) - 11 - J-A05034-24 Rather, within the context of declaratory judgment actions, our Supreme Court has “provided a rather straightforward two-part test for appellate courts to apply when considering whether an order declaring the rights of part

12024–2024

Statutes the citing opinions construe

PA § 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7532 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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