Legal Opinion
In Re Funds in the Possession of Conemaugh Township Supervisors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 20, 2000No. 56 and 57 W.D. Appeal Docket 1999PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a Commonwealth Court ruling that $20,000 in lost U.S. currency should escheat to the common*87wealth rather than being awarded to the Conemaugh Township police officers who found it on the roadside during a routine traffic stop.
This litigation arises from Officer William Richards’ discovery of a package containing the cash while he was investigating a pickup truck stopped alongside a road, but facing in the wrong direction, in Conemaugh Township on February 15, 1996. Officer Richards, when he saw the truck parked facing the wrong…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rizzo v. HainesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Noble v. City of Palo AltoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
- Hodges v. RodriguezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Hamaker v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- In Re Funds in the Possession of Conemaugh Township SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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3Cited by18 opinions
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