Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Joseph Bucheit & Sons Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 1984No. 34 M.D. Appeal Docket 1983PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
In Commonwealth, Department of General Services v. Frank Briscoe Co., Inc., 502 Pa. 449, 466 A.2d 1336 (1983), this Court held that where “the Commonwealth has initiated suit in the Commonwealth Court,” that court’s “jurisdiction over ‘civil actions or proceedings’ includes jurisdiction to decide counterclaims which arise from the same underlying transaction.” 502 Pa. at 457, 466 A.2d at 1340. We must now decide whether the reasoning in Briscoe extends so far as to support jurisdiction in the Commonwealth Court to decide claims filed against an additional defendant by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of General Services v. Frank Briscoe Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- T & R Painting Co. v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Ludlow Clinical Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- General State Authority of the Commonwealth v. Pacific Indemnity Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. Ludlow Clinical Laboratories, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Edwards v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Feige v. SechrestCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Koken v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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