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  • Kingly Enter., LLC v. Xu

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Wright
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1906 EDA 2023

    Court recommended that appellant's appeal should be quashed as to one judge because appellant's motion to recuse the judge was granted.

  • Chester-Upland Sch. Dist. v. Chester City Bd. of Revision of Taxes & Appeals

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 386 C.D. 2020

    The senior judge who presided over this tax case had vacated his position as senior judge by operation of law when he began to receive compensation for his incompatible service on the Philadelphia Tax Board; thus, two orders he issued thereafter, terminating certain real estate tax exemptions, were null and void. The commonwealth court granted taxpayer's application to vacate.

  • In Re: Appeal of Prospect Crozer LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1596 1599 C.D. 2019

    Presiding judge's dual service in elected office violated constitutional restrictions and therefore was a structural defect in the proceedings that invalidated the judge's orders. Orders of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • Entwistle v. Retowsky

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge Kuhn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0466

    Defendant was unable to show a judge was impartial, and his delay in seeking recusal waived the issue.

  • Chasan v. Platt

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Crompton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1404

    The trial court did not err in considering the immunity defenses raised by preliminary objection as the defense was clearly applicable on the face of the complaint, and in concluding that the defendant judges were judicially immune from plaintiff's suit challenging statements made in a judicial opinion. The commonwealth court affirmed.

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  • Bowman v. Rand Spear & Assoc. P.C.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0763

    The trial court did not err in finding that plaintiff failed to carry her burden to establish substantial doubt about the trial court's ability to preside impartially where she was unable to produce any evidence establishing bias, prejudice or unfairness. The superior court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Commonwealth v. Dip

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1267

    The trial court did not err when it refused to order an evidentiary hearing before another judge on the commonwealth's motion for recusal where the commonwealth failed to present any evidence to support its troubling claims regarding the sitting judge's alleged ex parte communications with the members of the district attorney's office. The appellate court affirmed without prejudice to the commonwealth's ability to develop the record further.

  • Philadelphia Cmty. Dev. Coal. v. Isabella

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Powell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0470

    A moving party waited too long to seek recusal of a judge, and the movant failed to demonstrate any after-discovered evidence to support recusal after the court had already issued a final order in this case.

  • Commonwealth v. Walsh

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0035

    The commonwealth's motion for recusal was timely because ample time remained prior to the commencement of trial. The court granted the motion due to the appearance of impropriety.

  • Commonwealth v. McCullough

    Publication Date: 2019-01-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1586

    Recusal motion judged erred in declaring trial judge incompetent to testify despite allegations underlying motion concerning ex parte communications from trial judge and in allowing defendant's former counsel to seek a complete waiver of attorney-client privilege. Order reversed, case remanded.