Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

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intermediate appellate court specialized court state court

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is a specialized intermediate appellate court that primarily handles cases involving state and local government agencies and public sector legal disputes within Pennsylvania.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania canonical 17
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court 3
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania judges 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intermediate appellate court ⓘ
specialized court ⓘ
state court ⓘ
abbreviation Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pa. Commw. Ct.
alsoSitsIn Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
appealsTo Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
courtType appellate court ⓘ
createdBy Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Pennsylvania
effectiveDate 1970 ⓘ
employer judges of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
established 1968 ⓘ
governsArea government contracts disputes involving Pennsylvania agencies ⓘ
public benefits and welfare appeals involving Pennsylvania agencies ⓘ
public sector labor law disputes in Pennsylvania ⓘ
zoning and land use appeals involving local governments in Pennsylvania ⓘ
handles administrative law cases ⓘ
appeals involving local government agencies ⓘ
appeals involving state government agencies ⓘ
cases involving regulatory agencies ⓘ
election law disputes within Pennsylvania ⓘ
public sector legal disputes ⓘ
tax appeals involving state and local agencies ⓘ
hasChiefJudge President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver certain statewide election matters ⓘ
civil actions brought by or against the Commonwealth government ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.pacourts.us/courts/commonwealth-court ⓘ
jurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
level intermediate appellate ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
numberOfJudges 9 ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania courts ⓘ
surface form: Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
positionInHierarchy Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: above Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania

below Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
retentionMethod yes-or-no retention election ⓘ
reviews certain civil actions against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
decisions of state administrative agencies ⓘ
seat Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
selectionMethod partisan election ⓘ
termLengthOfJudges 10 years ⓘ

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

Pennsylvania courts → hasIntermediateAppellateCourt → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Court → bindingOn → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Superior Court of Pennsylvania → parallelTo → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → positionInHierarchy → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: above Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → abbreviation → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pa. Commw. Ct.
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts → worksWith → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas → appealsTo → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County → below → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County → appealsTo → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pa.R.A.P. → bindingOn → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → hasAppellateCourt → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania statutes → interpretedBy → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → partOf → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → isChiefJudicialOfficerOf → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → hasAuthorityOver → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania judges
President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania → officeHoldersAreMembersOf → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure → appliesToCourt → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Judicial Code → governs → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Article V of the Pennsylvania Constitution → establishes → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas → higherCourt → Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ