Commonwealth v. Farabaugh, R.
105 A.3d 655
Pa.
2014
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COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Raymond W. FARABAUGH, Respondent.

No. 333 WAL 2014.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Nov. 26, 2014.

105 A.3d 655

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 25th day of November, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioners, are:

  1. Whether an appellate court may disregard the foundational rules requiring deference to the trial court‘s factual findings and credibility determinations?
  2. Whether a court may disregard the First Amendment constraints on defamation actions by concluding that the injury-in-fact liability element of a defamation claim is established without proof of reputational harm caused by defamatory statements?
  3. Whether a court may disregard the First Amendment constraints on defamation actions by holding that proof of actual malice relieves plaintiffs of their burden to prove injury-in-fact?
  4. Whether a court may disregard the First Amendment constraints that require a defamation plaintiff to prove falsity and fault on the part of a media defendant and order a retrial on damages only where the record does not establish that a plaintiff met his constitutional burdens?

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Larry Francis WEAVER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued Nov. 19, 2014. Decided Dec. 1, 2014.

105 A.3d 656

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 26th day of November, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:

Whether the Superior Court erred, while acting sua sponte, when it incorrectly found that new amendments to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.13 excluded the crime of [i]ndecent [a]ssault (18 Pa. C.S.A. § 3126(a)(8)) from list [sic] of mandated sex offender registry crimes.

Timothy Jon Barker, Duane Ramseur, James Edward Zamkotowicz, York County District Attorney‘s Office, for Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae.

Justin James McShane, Theodore Charles Tanski Jr., The McShane Firm, LLC, for Pennsylvania Association for Drunk Driving Defense Attorneys, Inc., Amicus Curiae.