• Oberholzer v. Galapo

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 104 MAP 2022

    Lower courts erred in enjoining property owner from posting signs protesting neighbor's allegedly racist behavior where posting the signs constituted pure speech as it was motivated in part by highlighting the community effects of racism, and thus an injunction constituted an impermissible prior restraint on speech. Order of the superior court vacated in part.

  • Marion v. Bryn Mawr Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 72 MAP 2021

    Court expressly adopted aiding and abetting fraud as a cause of action, which required proving that a defendant had actual knowledge of an underlying fraud and actively provided assistance or encouragement. Order of the superior court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. Lacombe

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 20-0853

    Revised Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act provisions did not constitute criminal punishment and therefore were not an unconstitutional ex post facto law when applied to criminal activity committed prior to the statute's effective date. Orders of the trial court reversed.

  • March 1, 2017 |

    Ford v. Am. States Ins. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis   Fordv.American States Ins. Co. 2017 WL 694744Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.NOTICE:…

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