July 31, 2020 | 5:51 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses challenge to eviction ban
Landlords had been waging a legal fight against the moratorium.
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July 25, 2020 | 9:14 AM
Ex-justice levels bias accusation at state’s chief justice
July 24, 2020 | 2:06 PM
Ex-justice levels bias accusation at Pennsylvania’s chief justice
A Black woman who is a former justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released a sworn affidavit that accuses the court’s chief justice, Thomas Saylor, of complaining to another judge about “her minority agenda.”
July 21, 2020 | 3:57 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules mental health doctors have duty to warn
Mental health professionals have a duty to warn of threats made by patients even if they are made against an unspecified person, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said in a split opinion Tuesday.
July 16, 2020 | 5:37 AM
Republicans aim at Pennsylvania’s Democratic majority court in Pennsylvania
GOP Sen. Judy Ward said overhauling the courts are about “fairness for rural parts of the state to get a fair shake” from judges from Philadelphia and Allegheny County.
July 2, 2020 | 5:29 AM
Pennsylvania high court turns down lawmakers’ bid to end shutdown
“We express no opinion as to whether the governor’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes wise or sound policy."
Updated: July 1, 2020 | 6:21 pm
Pa. Supreme Court sides with governor in dispute over emergency powers
GOP legislature argued that it had the power to end Gov. Wolf's coronavirus emergency declaration
June 24, 2020 | 5:34 AM
Bill Cosby appeal in Pennsylvania will test scope of #MeToo prosecutions
The 82-year-old has been imprisoned in suburban Philadelphia for nearly two years after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.
June 23, 2020 | 12:39 PM
Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case
Comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.