Commonwealth v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “producing an untimestamped copy of a hearing notice contained in the Clerk of Court’s file, and offering generic testimony as to the standard mailing practices for summary appeal hearing notices” in the county was insufficient
• holding Commonwealth’s production of unstamped copy of hearing notice contained in clerk of court’s file, and generic testimony regarding standard mailing practices for summary appeal hearing notices, was insufficient to trigger mailbox rule presumption
• “[Ojffering generic testimony as to the standard mailing procedures for ... notices” is insufficient to trigger the presumption
• “Although our Court is not bound by decisions of the Commonwealth Court, we may elect to follow those decisions if we find the rationale of those decisions persuasive.”
• Superior Court not bound by the decisions of the Commonwealth Court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fischer v. UPMC Northwest
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-18· cited 53×
• Beaston v. Ebersole
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-15· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Durham
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-11-23· cited 41×
• Appeal Of: Rural Route Neighbors
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-10-22· cited 22×
• Breza v. Don Farr Moving & Storage Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-02· cited 22×
• Geise v. Nationwide Life & Annuity Co. of America
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-18· cited 22×
• C.E. v. Department of Public Welfare
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-04· cited 20×
• Murphy v. Murphy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-01-22· cited 16×
• Szymanski v. Dotey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-07-11· cited 10×
• Com. v. Savage, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-16· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Salter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-17· cited 7×
• Estate of Wilson Ex Rel. Killinger v. State Employees' Retirement Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-20· cited 1×
• C.E. v. DPW
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-04
• W.K. Mixell & Property Owner v. Cumberland County Bd. of Assess. Appeals
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-20

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Meierdierck v. MILLER
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-01-12· cited 56×
• Berkowitz v. Mayflower Securities, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Metzer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-24· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-10-02· cited 42×
• Penn-Delco School District v. Bell Atlantic-Pa, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-20· cited 40×
• Paul v. Dwyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-03-19· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Russell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-29· cited 36×
• Christie v. Open Pantry Food Marts, Inc. of Delaware Valley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-01· cited 36×
• Cameron Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-03-18· cited 33×
• Shafer v. A. I. T. S., Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-03· cited 31×
• Samaras v. Hartwick
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-27· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Brayman Construction Corp.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-31· cited 29×
• Beeman v. Supreme Lodge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1906-06-27· cited 24×
• Julian C. Cohen Salvage Corp. v. Eastern Electric Sales Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-01-15· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Davies
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-05-17· cited 12×
• COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Whitney
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-06-08· cited 10×
• Donegal Mutual Insurance v. Pennsylvania Department of Insurance
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-27· cited 10×
• Litster v. Utah Valley Community College
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-09-01· cited 7×