Commonwealth v. Spano

How courts have described this case

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

• The Superior Court affirmed the conviction, but transferred the portion of the appeal concerning defendant’s removal from office to the Supreme Court
• right to appeal removal from office of borough constable is fully protected by appeal to the Superior Court
• right to appeal removal from office of borough constable is fully protected by appeal to the Superior Court
• Supreme Court remanded to Superior Court to address appeal of constable’s removal where constable convicted of indecent assault while acting in his capacity as a duly-elected constable
• Superior Court exercising jurisdiction over appeal involving removal action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gordon v. Philadelphia County Democratic Executive Committee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-07· cited 15×
• In re Petition to Remove Constable Visoski
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-07· cited 8×
• Rastall v. DeBouse
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-19· cited 5×
• In Re: Lehigh County Constables ~ Appeal of: D.C. Huber and F. Bainhauer, III
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-06· cited 5×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Rebert v. Rambler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-03-17· cited 2×
• Sprague, R., Aplts. v. Williams, R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-15
• In Re: Biletnikoff, M., Appeal of: Biletnikoff, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-07-28

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Smethport Area School District v. Bowers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Saunders
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 36×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Waltman v. Graczyk
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-09· cited 12×
• Egan v. Mele
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-08· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Spano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-01· cited 5×