Zemprelli 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 a quo warranto action seeking the removal of a state official from office was moot based on his resignation
• dismissing quo warranto action seeking the removal of a government official from his appointed position as moot when, during the course of the proceedings, the official resigned from office
• “Intervening changes in the factual matrix of a pending case, which eliminate an actual controversy and make it impossible for the requested relief to be granted, render a legal question moot.”
• quo warranto action seeking removal of revenue secretary from office was moot based on his 12 resignation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Strax v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-07· cited 16×
• Krenzel v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-31· cited 12×
• Pagnotta v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-31· cited 5×
• Johnston v. Lehman
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-23· cited 4×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-14· cited 1×
• Bensalem Township Police Benevolent Ass'n v. Bensalem Township
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-04

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re Gross
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 205×
• Zemprelli v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-29· cited 41×
• Meyer v. Strouse
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-06-24· cited 33×
• Zemprelli v. Thornburgh
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-25· cited 15×
• Chester Upland School District v. Chester Upland Education Ass'n
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-11· cited 8×