WELLS FARGO BANK, NA v. John DOE, Robin Nixon and Raymond Pratt
No. 142 EM 2014
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov. 3, 2014
102 A.3d 1249
Petition of Raymond Pratt.
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 3rd day of November, 2014, the “Emergency” Petition for Review is DENIED.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH Court of Pennsylvania, Respondent
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov. 5, 2014
102 A.3d 1249
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 5th day of November, 2014, the Application for Leave to File Original Process is GRANTED, the Applica
Justice BAER files a Concurring Statement.
Justice BAER, concurring.
I join the per curiam order, denying the application for a writ of prohibition and application for stay. I write separately to note that, upon preliminary review of the matter, it appears that Petitioner has presented, inter alia, a colorable argument that the Commonwealth Court sua sponte inserted an undisputed issue into an otherwise moot case. Nevertheless, I join in the denial of the writ of prohibition because such writ is generally available to restrain a court from usurping jurisdiction that it does not possess or exceeding the established limits of its jurisdiction, and the writ does not lie to correct errors of law. See Capital Cities Media, Inc. v. Toole, 506 Pa. 12, 483 A.2d 1339, 1342 (1984). Because it appears to me that the Commonwealth Court‘s action, regardless of its propriety, did not exceed the bounds of its jurisdiction, relief in the form of a grant of writ of prohibition is unwarranted.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Appellee v. Thomas Carl AMBROSIA and Albert Peter Ambrosia, Appellants
No. 33 MAP 2014
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov. 6, 2014
102 A.3d 1250
AND NOW, this 6th day of November, 2014, the above captioned appeal is quashed for failure to file a brief.