Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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appellate court court of last resort state supreme court

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the state's highest appellate court, responsible for overseeing the judicial system and serving as the final arbiter of legal disputes in Pennsylvania.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania canonical	43
Pennsylvania Supreme Court	12
PA Supreme Court	1
Pennsylvania Supreme Court (some offices)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: PA Supreme Court Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
barAdmissionAuthority	Pennsylvania bar ⓘ
canReview	decisions of Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ decisions of Superior Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
disciplinaryAuthority	Pennsylvania attorneys ⓘ
established	1684 ⓘ
governs	Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence ⓘ
hasAuthority	judicial review over state statutes ⓘ supervisory authority over all Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
hasChiefJustice	Chief Justice ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice of Pennsylvania
hasNumberOfJustices	7 ⓘ
hasSeat	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
hearsCases	administrative law cases ⓘ civil cases ⓘ constitutional cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
highestCourtIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ
interprets	Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Pennsylvania laws of Pennsylvania ⓘ
isPartOf	Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ Pennsylvania courts ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Pennsylvania
jurisdiction	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
precededBy	Provincial Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
retirementAge	75 ⓘ
role	court of last resort for Pennsylvania state law ⓘ final appellate court in Pennsylvania ⓘ oversees Pennsylvania court system ⓘ promulgates rules of procedure for Pennsylvania courts ⓘ regulates practice of law in Pennsylvania ⓘ
selectionMethod	partisan election ⓘ
termLength	10 years ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania courts → hasHighestCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: PA Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Philadelphia Municipal Court → governingBody → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Rules of Court → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Court → bindingOn → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Superior Court of Pennsylvania → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Superior Court of Pennsylvania → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline → isSeparateFrom → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline → canBeReviewedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Magisterial District Courts of Pennsylvania → administrativeAuthority → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → parentOrganization → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts → worksWith → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court (some offices)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

John C. Knox → memberOf → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

39th Judicial District of Pennsylvania → governingBody → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania → cooperatesWith → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania attorneys → licensedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania attorneys → regulatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pa.R.C.P. → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pa.R.A.P. → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → hasAppellateCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → governingBody → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania statutes → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County → supervisingCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → reportsTo → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure → appliesToCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pa.R.E. → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Judicial Code → governs → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Magisterial District Judge → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Rules of Professional Conduct of Pennsylvania → governingBody → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement → enforcedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Article IX of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Provincial Court of Pennsylvania → followedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Article V of the Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → administeredBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas → courtOfLastResort → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Article VII of the Pennsylvania Constitution → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ