Commonwealth v. Blystone

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that issues of jurisdiction may be raised sua sponte
• finding that issues of jurisdiction may be raised sua sponte
• court treated order compelling discovery as to issues relating to attorney-client privilege as collateral, but refused to treat order as to other issues as collateral
• “With respect to the first prong of - 13 - J-A26042-24 the collateral order doctrine, an order is separable from the main cause of action if it can be resolved without an analysis of the merits of the underlying dispute.”
• appellate court may raise issue of jurisdiction sua sponte
• appellate court may raise issue of jurisdiction sua sponte

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shearer, D., Aplts. v. Hafer, S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-18· cited 84×
• K.C. and V.C. v. L.A. Appeal of: D.M and L.N.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-21· cited 73×
• In the Int. of: J.M., Appeal of: L.M.-M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-13· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-24· cited 39×
• Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Found. v. Ziegler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-23· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-30· cited 16×
• Orozco, J. v. Tecu, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-13· cited 10×
• Com. v. Alston, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-05-26· cited 9×
• Com. v. Chism, Z.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-09· cited 4×
• Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation v. A.P. Ziegler, Jr. M.S. Bibro and J.R. Norris
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-21· cited 3×
• Pgh History v. Ziegler, Appeal of: Hoffstot
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-01-23
• Com. v. Gross, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-29
• Colonial School District v. Montgomery County Bd. of Assessment Appeals ~ Appeal of: Metroplex West Assoc., L.P.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-05-28
• Propel Charter Schools v. PA Dept. of Education and State Charter School Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-11-20
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Pownall, R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-07-20
• Downs Racing, L.P. v. Luzerne County
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-06-02
• A.M.D. v. A.L.R, Aplts.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-10-18
• South Hills Catholic Academy v. DHS
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-01-11
• Brooks v. Cole; Apl of: Family Court
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-09-22
• Duncan v. Chartiers Nature Conservancy, Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-15

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 2,857×
• Blystone v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2011-12-22· cited 380×
• Ben v. Schwartz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-21· cited 216×
• Commonwealth v. Blystone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-10-17· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-23· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-19· cited 83×
• Commonwealth v. Fenstermaker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-25· cited 82×
• Pridgen v. Parker Hannifin Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-22· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Blystone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-26· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Shearer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-15· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 33×