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Publication Date: 2024-03-01
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Cohen
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Case Number: 2022-C-2838
The court addressed appellant's petition for appeal from appellee's notice disqualifying his commercial driver's license for one year by finding that PennDOT was effectively punishing appellant twice for the same DUI conviction which was not permitted under 75 Pa. C.S.A §1611(a). Appeal sustained and disqualification rescinded.
Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Steinberg
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Case Number: CR-685-2023
Commonwealth appealed the court's grant of appellee's motion to suppress evidence and petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court concluded that its order granting appellee's pretrial motions should be affirmed where an arresting officer unduly extended appellee's detention based on nothing more than a hunch and appellee's brief scuffle with the officer to avoid being handcuffed did not rise to the level of resisting arrest.
Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Discovery
Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Johnson
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Case Number: 2022-C-1276
The court responded to the Commonwealth's motion to dismiss defendants' objections to discovery and to compel responses to interrogatories and requests for production of documents by limiting the scope of discovery to five years prior to the filing of the complaint. The court refused defendants' request to limit the scope of discovery to incidents of unfair trade practices set forth in the complaint.
Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Public Records
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Varricchio
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Case Number: 2023-C-1559
Petitioner sought review of a final determination of the appeals officer of respondent office of open records of a county district attorney's office. The court affirmed, concluding that photographs sought by petitioner were exempt from disclosure as criminal investigative materials, even where they were gathered in connection with petitioner's criminal trial some forty years earlier in 1983.
Publication Date: 2023-10-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Steinberg
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Case Number: CR-213-2023
Defendant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, contending that there was insufficient evidence to support his prosecution for possession of a controlled substance because it was not unlawful for him, as a physician assistant, to possess the amphetamine seized at his residence. The court granted the petition.
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Publication Date: 2023-10-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Steinberg
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Case Number: CR-2339-2021
Appellant appealed the court's denial of his motion for recovery of funds deducted from his prison account for the Crime Victim Services and Compensation Fund. The court held that its dismissal of appellant's motion should be affirmed.
Publication Date: 2023-10-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Steinberg
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Case Number: CR-4000-2022
A criminal defendant filed pre-trial motions, seeking to suppress certain evidence and challenge the validity of his arrest. The court denied the motions, finding that there was reasonable suspicion to detain him, the police had consent to search the vehicle he was driving, and his statements post-arrest were made after he re-initiated a conversation with the police.
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Construction | Real Estate | Transportation
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Caffrey
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Case Number: 2021-M-0057
Owner, contractor and insurer filed preliminary objections to claimant's complaint to obtain judgment on a mechanics' lien claim. The court sustained the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissed claimant's complaint where claimant had failed to file an affidavit of service and thus failed to perfect its mechanic's lien.
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Automotive
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Cohen
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Case Number: 2022-C-1748
Petitioners appealed the suspension of their official vehicle safety inspector licenses, alleging denial of due process and insufficiency of the evidence. The court denied the appeals.
Publication Date: 2023-10-09
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Caffrey
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Case Number: 2022-C-2786
The court granted plaintiff's motion for peremptory judgment. The court held that where defendant township issued a flawed denial of plaintiff's preliminary land development plan application, the application was deemed approved.
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