Legal Opinion
Burcik v. Caplen
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 17, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEADBETTER.
The issue in this appeal is whether sovereign or governmental immunity applies to the Board of Directors of City Trusts (Board), a board created by State statute to act as an agent for the City of Philadelphia in the administration of charitable trusts held by the City as trustee. Asserting immunity in preliminary objections, Richard W. Burcik, the general manager of the Board, sought dismissal of a claim for tortious interference with contract. The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County concluded that the Board is not immune and overruled the preliminary…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Pennsylvania v. Board of Directors of City Trusts of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Expeditions Unlimited Aquatic Enterprises, Inc., a Corporation, Norman Scott v. Smithsonian InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Philadelphia v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Marshall v. Port AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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