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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania began in 1684 as the Provincial Court, and casual references to it as the "Supreme Court" of Pennsylvania were made official in 1722 upon its reorganization as an entity separate from the control of the colonial governor. [3] [4] Frontspiece of published opinions of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ca. 1831
Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2012–2015) Sallie Updyke Mundy June 29, 1962 (age 62) in Elmira, New York: July 21, 2016 [note 1] Republican: First term 2027 June 29, 2037 Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2010–2016) P. Kevin Brobson November 26, 1970 (age 54) in Mountoursville, Pennsylvania: January 3, 2022 Republican
The lists of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States cover the law clerks who have assisted the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. [1] The list is divided into separate lists for each position in the Supreme Court.
Mundy was appointed by Governor Tom Wolf to the seat vacated by Justice J. Michael Eakin on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and confirmed on June 27, 2016. [14] On November 8, 2017, Justice Mundy defeated Court of Common Pleas Judge Dwayne Woodruff, a former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back, to gain a ten-year term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Before his election to the Superior Court in 2011, Wecht served in Allegheny County government, holding elected executive and judicial offices since 1998. Wecht served as Allegheny County's elected register of wills and clerk of orphans' court from 1998 to 2003, and then trial judge from February 2003 until January 2012, [6] [7] working extensively in the civil and family divisions.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the state supreme court and court of last resort. [1] The intermediate appellate courts in Pennsylvania are the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (for matters involving state agencies) and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (for all other appeals).
The high court's decision reverses a 4-1 ruling Aug. 30 by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, which said that the current law, Act 77 of 2019, violates the fundamental right to vote under the ...
Brobson served on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2022. In the 2021 general election, he was the Republican nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania left by the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor; Brobson narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin and was sworn in on January 3, 2022.