A.A.R.P., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., 2025 U.S. LEXIS 1837, decided (U.S. Supreme Ct., May 16, 2025) (Kavanaugh, J.) The President has invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), Rev. Stat. §4067, 50 U. S. C. §21, to remove Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua […]
Category Archives: Summary Court Opinions
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW-NEPA-DEFERENCE TO ADMINISTRATION
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition et Al. V. Eagle County, Colorado, et Al., No. 23-975, decided (U.S. Supreme Ct., May 29, 2025) (Kavanaugh, J.) JUSTICE KAVANAUGH Delivered the opinion of the Court. Some 55 years ago, Congress passed and President Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act, known as NEPA. For certain infrastructure projects that are […]
RIGHT TO KNOW ACT-MUGSHOT
Mezzacappa v. Northampton Cnty., 2025 Pa. LEXIS 606 (Pa. Super. Ct., decided April 25, 2025) CHIEF JUSTICE TODD In these related appeals, we consider, inter alia, whether a mug shot is an “identifiable description” under the Criminal History Record Information Act (“CHRIA” or the “Act”), such that, consistent with the provisions of CHRIA, it may […]
PRODUCTS LIABILITY-ROUNDUP
Caranci v. Monsanto, 2025 Pa. LEXIS 205 (Pa. Super. Ct., May 8, 2025) (Dubow, J.) OPINION BY DUBOW, J.: Appellant, Monsanto Company (“Monsanto”), appeals from the $177,285,102.74 judgment entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on March 11, 2024, following a jury verdict in favor of Appellees, Ernest Caranci (“Mr. Caranci”) and Carmela […]
DOMESTIC RELATIONS-PARENTAGE
Glover v. Junior, 2025 Pa. LEXIS 390 (Pa. Super. Ct., March 20, 2025) (Dougherty, J.) JUSTICE DOUGHERTY Our law in this Commonwealth presently recognizes four pathways to establish legal parentage: biology, adoption, equity (i.e., parentage by a marital presumption or estoppel), and contract where a child is born using Assistive Reproductive Technology (ART). As we […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-SECOND AMENDMENT-GUN CONTROL-RIGHT TO SUE-RETAILER THAT SOLD FIREARM
Gustafson v. Springfield, Inc., 2025 Pa. LEXIS 442 (Pa. Super. Ct., April 9, 2025) (Mundy, J.) JUSTICE MUNDY In March 2016, thirteen-year-old J.R. Gustafson tragically died after he was accidentally shot by his fourteen-year-old friend (the Juvenile) at the home of another. After J.R.’s death, his parents, Mark and Leah Gustafson filed the underlying action […]
EVIDENCE-PRESUMPTION-PATERNITY
Sitler v. Jones, 2025 Pa. LEXIS 600 (Pa. Super. Ct., April 25, 2025) (Wecht, J.) JUSTICE WECHT The presumption of paternity dictates that, regardless of biology, the child of a married woman is the child of her husband. At issue in this case is whether this longstanding principle of the common law retains force in […]
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-MENTAL HEALTH-SELF SUBMISSION-MENTAL HEALTH PROCEDURES ACT
Matos v. Geisinger Med. Ctr., 2025 Pa. LEXIS 599 (Pa. Supreme Ct., April 25, 2025) (Todd, J.) CHIEF JUSTICE TODD In this consolidated appeal, our Court is asked to decide whether our decision in Leight v. UPMC, 664 Pa. 60, 243 A.3d 126 (Pa. 2020) (“Leight II”), bars a suit by a third party under […]
LANDOWNERS’ LIABILITY-TENTANT IN COMMON-POSSESSION OR CONTROL
Simone v. Zakiul Alam, 2025 Pa. LEXIS 393 (Pa. Supreme Ct., March 20, 2025) JUSTICE MUNDY We granted allowance of appeal to consider whether an individual who was a tenant in common of real property—but who was not in possession or control of the property—is an indispensable party in a premises liability action against another […]
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-MCARE ACT-SUBROGATION-WORKERS COMPENSATION
Griffis v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. (Albert Einstein Healthcare Network), 328 A.3d 538, LEXIS 846 (Pa. Commonwealth Ct., July 15, 2020) (J. Cohn Jubelirer) Judges: BEFORE: HONORABLE RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, HONORABLE ELLEN CEISLER, Judge (P.), HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Senior Judge. The claimant appealed to this Court, asserting that the silence in Section 508 […]
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