Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Alessi
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 24, 1988No. Appeal No. 2210 C.D. 1987PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Doyle,
Before us for review is an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County which held the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and its Secretary, John F. White, in contempt and fined them one-hundred-fifty dollars per day.
This case is indeed tragic. Ms. Cynthia Alessi, a mentally retarded individual, was ordered by the common pleas court to be placed in the Royer-Greaves School for the Blind. The propriety of that portion of the *162common pleas courts order has never been questioned and the parties agree that the court had jurisdiction to order commitment pursuant to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Monaco v. Montgomery Cab Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Neshaminy Water Resources Authority v. Del-Aware Unlimited, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Vichosky v. BoucherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Commonwealth v. AlessiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Rosen v. RosenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Shay v. Flight C Helicopter Services, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Meritor Motgage Corp.—East v. HendersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Mulligan v. PiczonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Alessi ex rel. Alessi v. Pennsylvania, Department of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Alessi v. Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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