Lutz v. Springettsbury Township

How courts have described this case

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

• finding lack of causation with four-month gap between report and termination
• courts will not permit amendment where “the prima facie elements of the claim cannot be established and that the complaint’s defects are so substantial that amendment is not likely to cure them”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. Blaine
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-15· cited 56×
• Holt v. Northwest Pennsylvania Training Partnership Consortium, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-13· cited 52×
• Bailets v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-31· cited 35×
• Koresko v. Farley
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-10· cited 17×
• Rankin v. City of Philadelphia
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-03-31· cited 16×
• Golaschevsky v. Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-21· cited 15×
• Commonwealth, Office of Attorney General Ex Rel. Corbett v. Richmond Township
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-20· cited 13×
• Jakomas v. McFalls
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-10-31· cited 13×
• Cipriani v. Lycoming County Housing Authority
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2001-12-14· cited 13×
• Johnson v. Resources for Human Development, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-05-16· cited 12×
• County of Allegheny Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. County of Allegheny
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-04· cited 10×
• Kelly v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-12· cited 8×
• In re Appeal of Gomez
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-11· cited 8×
• Mosley v. City of Pittsburgh Public School District
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-03-29· cited 7×
• Tyson v. School District of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-06-02
• Callaghan v. Haverford Township
  Third Circuit· 2009-09-21
• T. Prozan & L. Aliota v. Millcreek Twp. Bd. of School Directors
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-08

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Otto v. American Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-27· cited 72×
• Petula v. Mellody
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-11· cited 33×
• Behrend v. Yellow Cab Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-11-12· cited 30×
• Simmons v. Township of Moon
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-18· cited 22×
• Runski v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Local 2500
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-10· cited 15×
• Watson v. City of Philadelphia
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-02· cited 12×