Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sortino v. Singley

How courts have described this case

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

• mayor cannot remove members of Redevelopment Authority at his pleasure during their terms of office
• mayor cannot remove members of Redevelopment Authority at his pleasure during their terms of office
• “Whether an appointed civil officer holding a legislatively created office is subject to removal at the pleasure of the appointing power depends upon legislative intent, ‘to be gleaned from the statute creating or regulating the office.’”
• “Whether an appointed civil officer holding a legislatively created office is subject to removal at the pleasure of the appointing power depends upon legislative intent, ‘to be gleaned from the statute creating or regulating the office.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Burger v. School Board of McGuffey School District
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 31×
• STATE JUDICIAL STANDARDS COM'N v. Espinosa
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-07-02· cited 21×
• Max Pievsky v. Thomas J. Ridge, in His Capacity as the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  Third Circuit· 1996-10-22· cited 19×
• State ex rel. New Mexico Judicial Standards Commission v. Espinosa
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-07-02· cited 19×
• Arneson v. Wolf
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-10· cited 18×
• Braderman v. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1984-12-04· cited 12×
• Arneson (Open Records) v. Gov. Wolf
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-10-27· cited 11×
• Venesky v. Ridge
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-01-08· cited 3×
• Perkiomen Township v. Hunsberger
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-11-24· cited 3×
• Pievsky v. Ridge
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-04-12· cited 1×
• Slonaker v. Maddy
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 1993-12-23
• Hanover Area School District v. Wilkes-Barre Area Vocational-Technical School Joint Operating Committee
  Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-07-17
• Welsh v. Dougherty
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-08-11
• Roth v. McCoy
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1989-01-24
• Patterson v. DeCarbo
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2000-03-24

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Watson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-06-25· cited 57×
• Bowers v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-01-16· cited 46×
• Schluraff v. Rzymek
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-03-16· cited 18×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Hanson v. Reitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-04-18· cited 17×
• Herriman v. Carducci
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 16×
• Deer Creek Drainage Basin Authority v. County Board of Elections
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-21· cited 11×