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· 11/17/1986

In Re Handwriting Exemplar of Casale

Citations

  • 517 A.2d 1260
  • 512 Pa. 548
  • 1986 Pa. LEXIS 913

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that a search warrant \is not available as a general investigatory tool to be used in place of a grand jury. \
  • stating that a search warrant “is not available as a general investigatory tool to be used in place of a grand jury”
  • “[A]n action brought by petition and rule, neither authorized by statute nor auxiliary to jurisdiction already obtained and not designed to correct the court’s own records, is a nullity and confers no jurisdiction on the court”
  • “Even on the civil side of our courts, an action brought by petition and rule, neither authorized by statute nor auxiliary to jurisdiction already obtained and not designed to correct the court’s own records, is a nullity and confers no jurisdiction on the court.”

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Judges: Flaherty, Hutchinson, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Papadakos

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