Legal Opinion
J. Markham v. Thomas W. Wolf
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 22, 2016No. 176 M.D. 2015PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
JUDGE SIMPSON
In this case in our original jurisdiction, we are asked to determine the validity of an executive order which purports to create new arrangements for direct care workers who provide personal services to certain aged and disabled participants in their homes. We are mindful of the respect and privacy afforded to a person in his or her home, dating back at least to Elizabethan England, and expressed in the words of Sir Edward Coke: “For a man’s home is his castle, et dorrms cuique tutissimum refugium.”1
More particularly, before this Court are the parties’…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MockaitisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Mazur v. Trinity Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Saulsbury v. Bethlehem Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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