THE COURTS
PART II. INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES
[ 210 PA. CODE CH. 63 ]
Amendment of Section 5 of the Internal Operating Procedures of the Supreme Court; No. 515 Supreme Court Rules Doc.
[41 Pa.B. 923]
[Saturday, February 19, 2011]
Order Per Curiam
And Now, this 4th day of February, 2011, It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Section 5 of the Internal Operating Procedures of the Supreme Court is amended in the following form.
This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), shall be effective in 30 days, and shall be applicable to petitions filed thereafter.
Annex A
TITLE 210. APPELLATE PROCEDURE
PART II. INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 63. INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES OF THE SUPREME COURT § 63.5. Allocaturs.
A. Standards. Petitions for allowance of appeal (''allocaturs'') may be granted for any of the following reasons:
* * * * * 3. that the question presented is one of first impression[, and];
4. that the question presented is one of such substantial public importance as to require prompt and definitive resolution by this Court;
[4.] 5. that the issue involves the constitutionality of a statute of this Commonwealth;
[5.] 6. that the intermediate appellate court has so far departed from accepted judicial practices or so abused its discretion as to call for the exercise of this Court's supervisory authority[.]; or
7. that the intermediate appellate court has erroneously entered an order quashing or dismissing an appeal.
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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-278. Filed for public inspection February 18, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
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