Legal Opinion

Sprague v. Cortes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 2, 2016No. 75 MAP 2016PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

AND NOW, this 2nd day of September, 2016, the Court being evenly divided in its *1137determination as to which parties are entitled to the grant of summary- relief, this Court is without authority to grant relief and the status quo of the matter prior to the filing of the lawsuit is maintained. See Creamer v. Twelve Common Pleas Judges, 443 Pa. 484, 281 A.2d 57 (1971) (holding that where this Court was evenly divided in a King’s Bench original jurisdiction matter challenging gubernatorial appointments to judicial vacancies, the appropriate disposition was to enter a per curiam order noting…

3Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Robinson Township v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Sprague v. CaseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund, Inc. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Askew v. FirestoneSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  5. Jubelirer v. RendellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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4Cited by3 opinions

  1. Sprague, R., Aplts v. Cortes, P.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. League of Women Voters of PA v. Degraffenreid, V.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  3. Sprague, R., Aplts v. Cortes, P.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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