Blackwell v. Com., State Ethics Com'n

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that General Assembly improperly delegated act of legislating to subordinate commission of legislature
• noting that “an issue of subject matter jurisdiction is not waivable,” and may be raised “sua sponte by the court”
• holding quashal is appropriate when entity was \out of existence\
• holding quashal is appropriate when entity was \out of existence\
• issues concerning an agency’s jurisdiction are never waived and can be raised sua sponte by court
• issues concerning an agency's jurisdiction are never waived and can be raised sua sponte by court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund, Inc. v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-22· cited 240×
• Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-20· cited 208×
• Blackwell v. Com. State Ethics Com'n
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-28· cited 166×
• Jubelirer v. Rendell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-19· cited 98×
• Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-18· cited 95×
• Lehman v. Pennsylvania State Police
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-30· cited 94×
• Commonwealth v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-20· cited 71×
• Riedel v. HUMAN REL. COM'N OF READING
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-10-06· cited 67×
• Armstrong County Memorial Hospital v. Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-20· cited 67×
• Keenheel v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Securities Commission
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-21· cited 66×
• In Re Melograne
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-18· cited 55×
• Department of Environmental Protection v. Cumberland Coal Resources, LP
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-24· cited 54×
• Common Cause/Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-02· cited 53×
• Douris v. Schweiker
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-11-22· cited 51×
• P.J.S. v. Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-08· cited 49×
• INSURANCE FEDERATION OF PA v. Dept. of Ins.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-30· cited 42×
• Pennsylvania Chiropractic Federation v. Foster
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-05· cited 39×
• Brickhouse v. Spring-Ford Area School District
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-04· cited 32×
• Association of Settlement Companies v. Department of Banking
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-24· cited 28×
• D.L. Ness v. York Twp. Board of Commissioners and York County Commissioners
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-17· cited 25×