Lomas, R. v. Kravitz, J., Pets

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Lomas, R. v. Kravitz, J., Pets

147 A.3d 517, 637 Pa. 207, 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1869, 2016 WL 4467284

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedAugust 24, 2016

Docket52 MAL 2016 (Granted)

StatusPublished

Cited by9 cases

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Lomas, R. v. Kravitz, J., Pets, 147 A.3d 517, 637 Pa. 207, 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1869, 2016 WL 4467284 (Pa. 2016).

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 24th day of August, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

(1) Whether, as a matter of law, the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas should have been recused from presiding over the non-jury trial due to an appearance of impropriety arising from the ongoing participation and financial interest in the litigation by a sitting member of that Court?

(2) Whether, as a matter of law, an appearance of impropriety was created when a sitting member of the Montgomery County Bench personally participated in the litigation?

Justices DONOHUE and WECHT did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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