Legal Opinion
Baehr Bros. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1981No. 120PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The Court being equally divided, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.
KAUFFMAN, J., filed an Opinion in Support of Affirmance in which LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ., joined.
ROBERTS, J., filed an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which O’BRIEN, C. J., and NIX, J., joined.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
KAUFFMAN, Justice.
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether costs may be taxed against the Commonwealth under the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure when it is the losing party on appeal. 1 I conclude that they may and, therefore, would affirm the Order of the…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Tunison v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Simpson v. MerrillSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
- Commonwealth v. PassellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Baehr Bros. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Dillard v. YeldellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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4Cited by8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Pennsylvania Ass'n of State Mental Hospital Physicians v. State Employees' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Cianfrani v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Inmates of B-Block v. JeffesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Arbuckle v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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