Legal Opinion

Kleese v. Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1999PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAHERTY, Judge.

Ralph T. Kleese (Petitioner) petitions for review from an order of the State Board of Funeral Directors (Board) which ordered Petitioner to pay a $2,100.00 civil penalty because Petitioner violated 49 Pa. Code § 13.193. 1 We affirm.

On March 30, 1998, an investigator for the Board issued sixteen (16) citations to Petitioner for violations of Board regulations. 2 Prior to March 13,1998, Petitioner had been the supervisor of Morris & Kleese Funeral Home, a restricted business corporation. Nine of the citations charged Petitioner with violating Board regulation 49 Pa.Code § 13.193…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Insurance Adjustment Bureau v. Insurance Commissioner of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. State Board of Physical TherapySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Heffner v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
  2. Ferguson v. Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral DirectorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. Pre-Need Family Services Eastern Region v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational AffairsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Walker v. FlittonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Geisel v. Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral DirectorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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