Leonard v. Thornburgh

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the Governor need not participate in litigation involving a constitutional attack upon a tax statute, where his designee, the Secretary of the Department of Revenue, adequately represented his interests
• Governor not a necessary party in lawsuit where executive interest is adequately represented by duly-appointed agency head
• Governor not a necessary party in lawsuit where executive interest is adequately represented by duly-appointed agency head

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-07· cited 252×
• Allegheny Sportsmen's League v. Ridge
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-01-09· cited 24×
• City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-24· cited 19×
• Corman v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-04· cited 16×
• Annenberg v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-23· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Jubelirer
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-07· cited 8×
• City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-23· cited 4×
• City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-02· cited 1×
• CITY OF PGH. v. Com. of Pa.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-24

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Borough of Green Tree v. Board of Property Assessments, Appeals & Review
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 177×
• Leonard v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-19· cited 25×