Legal Opinion
Hillgartner v. Port Authority of Allegheny County
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 2007PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.1
This appeal involves dismissal of a state action alleging gender discrimination in favor of a prior pending federal action by the same plaintiffs also alleging gender discrimination. We examine whether the doctrine of lis pendens applies here.
In July 2003, Danielle Stangl Hillgartner and Yvette Koerner Blickenderfer (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania seeking damages for alleged gender discrimination in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment (federal complaint). The federal complaint…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Jones v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Peoples v. CCA Detention CentersSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Wilkes Ex Rel. Mason v. Phoenix Home Life Mutual Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Ammon v. McCloskeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Provenzano, D. v. Ohio Valley General Hosp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Swift v. Radnor TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Dillon v. HOMEOWNER'S SELECT, AFFINITY INS. SERVICES, INC.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Hillgartner v. PORT AUTH. OF ALLEGHENY CTY.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Conyngham Borough v. L. RizzoCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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