Carlacci v. Mazaleski

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the right to reputation required an expungement remedy where none was created by statute
• holding that, although there was no statutory right to expungement of Protection From Abuse Act records, there was a due process right to such expungement, given the potential reputational harm of the extant records
• temporary PFA order was issued against Carlacci but ultimately ordered null and void, as per a stipulation entered by the parties; entitled to expungement of that record
• reference to Black’s Law Dictionary was made for interpretative purpose, which led to establishment of a right to seek expungement of temporary PFA where PFA proceedings never legally evolved beyond the temporary order stage
• “[T]he Wexler balancing is unnecessary when: (1

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bowling v. Office of Open Records
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-20· cited 336×
• Commonwealth v. Moto
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-26· cited 42×
• Castellani v. Scranton Times, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-24· cited 38×
• In re Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-27· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. A.M.R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-30· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Charnik
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-03· cited 20×
• In re Fortieth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-03· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Furrer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-11· cited 15×
• D.C. v. School District of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-07-20· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Romeo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-03· cited 11×
• Glover v. Udren Law Offices, P.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-23· cited 10×
• Graham, T. v. Flippen, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-02· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-25· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Trimble
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-03· cited 1×
• Com. v. AMR
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-30

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Wexler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 125×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Magaziner v. Magaziner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. D.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-21· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Armstrong
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-24· cited 55×
• Wolfe v. Beal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Rose
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-02-16· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Iacino
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-05· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Majeed
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-25· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. J. T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-16· cited 15×
• P.E.S. v. K.L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-15· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Aikins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-05· cited 10×