Legal Opinion · Dissent

Law Office of Douglas T. Harris v. Philadelphia Waterfront Partners, LP

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 22, 2008No. 2872 EDA 2007, 2873 EDA 2007Published

1Dissent

DISSENTING OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

¶ 1 As this Court issued an order granting Appellants’ emergency application for a supersedeas of the discovery orders on November 16, 2007,8 and Appellees simultaneously informed this panel that they advised Appellants to catalog the privileged materials and forward them to the trial court for in camera review, the issue presented herein has become moot, and the appeal should be dismissed. Thus, I respectfully dissent.

¶ 2 It is well-settled that an actual controversy must exist at every stage of the judicial process; otherwise, the matter will be dismissed as…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Faye Anastasoff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  4. Carbis Walker, LLP v. Hill, Barth and King, LLCSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. McGovern v. Hospital Service Ass'n of Northeastern PennsylvaniaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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