Legal Opinion
Duquesne Light Co. v. Department of Transportation
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 2, 1972No. 527 C.D. 1972PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
Per Curiam,
The instant case is another of a series of cases filed in this Court since its inception seeking to judicially overturn the doctrine of sovereign immunity. In Lovrinoff et al. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 3 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 161, 281 A. 2d 176 (1971),1 we declared (Judges Crumlish, Jr. and Manderino dissenting) that the Commonwealth Court has no power or authority to ignore or overturn prior pronouncements of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the subject. In Brown v. National Guard, 3 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 457 (1971), Kremin v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Palmer v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Lovrinoff v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Conrad v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- William F. O'Neill and Ella M. O'neill, His Wife v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Brown v. National GuardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by10 opinions
- DuBree v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Thacker v. Board of Trustees of Ohio State UniversityOhio Supreme Court · 1973
- Hart v. Spectrum Arena, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Jones v. PackelCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Hall v. Powers and CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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