Jenkins Blog

December 7, 2017

Researching Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, eminent domain is defined as "[t]he power of the Commonwealth to take private property for public use in return for just compensation" 26 Pa.C.S.A. § 202 . The Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code was first adopted in 1964 ( 1964, P.L. 84, No. 6 / legislative history ) and consolidated...

Pennsylvania

April 18, 2017

Pennsylvania Appellate Dockets

There are many reasons for using Pennsylvania appellate dockets. Keeping current with filings in a case and investigating how many cases an attorney has taken to appeal are a few popular uses. As an example of another useful application, here are the steps to finding a trial court judge’s opinions...

Pennsylvania

November 22, 2016

Purdon's Chronological Table of Pennsylvania Laws

When you see a reference to "Act 47 of 1987" can you easily find the current version as incorporated in the statutory code? Just look in Purdon's Chronological Table of Pennsylvania Laws. One of the many additional features of Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes Annotated , the...

Pennsylvania

September 1, 2016

Searching Delaware County's Public Access System

Searching Delaware County’s Public Access System (PAS) is, relatively speaking in the world of online searching, straightforward and simple. To search civil dockets you simply need to agree to the terms of use and put your search terms in the search box. Once you get your results list, you can...

Court Rules

August 16, 2016

New Pennsylvania Orphans' Court Rules

The new Pennsylvania Orphans' Court Rules go into effect on Thursday, September 1. The new rules, as well as the Order and the Committee Report, are available online from the Orphans' Court Procedural Rules Committee . The new rules were proposed by the committee on April 13, 2013 ( 43 Pa.B. 2010...

Pennsylvania

August 4, 2016

Finding Pennsylvania County Class Distinctions

In the Pennsylvania statutes, counties are referred to in terms of their "class". A class is a classification based on population size. The state uses data from the U.S. Census to determine the population size of a particular county. There are nine classes of counties in Pennsylvania. Currently,...

Juvenile Delinquency

June 28, 2016