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1982 ANNUAL REPORT ADMINISTRATiVE OFFICE of PENNSYLVANIA COURTS
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Harrisburg Office Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts 407 City Towers, 301 Chestnut Street Abraham J. Gafni, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania 1710 1 Co urI A dminislralor 717-787-8810 Room 1414 Three Penn Center Plaza Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 215-496-4500 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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JI I ~ Page 79 Phila?~iphia M~nic~4irUlI ml!.lFlt)'N~ Philadelphia Municipal 1 3 Table of Contents AdIIllIllStrator t ' - Court Trials 1978-1982 I 5 Foreword, Chief Justice Samuel 80 Judicial Districthy..CouJiyand.. 57 13 District Justice Case ,I J. Roberts in Numerical Order Filings and Dispositions by Case Type, 1982 ,j 6 Report from Abraham J. Gafni, 81 Courts of Common Pleas Judges (Alphabetical) 58 14 District Justice Courts Court Administrator :IIi Disposition by Category 7 Map of Unified Judicial System 83 Senior Common Pleas Judges il (Alphabetical) and Nature of Action, 1982 !I 8 Overview of the Pennsylvania ,I 84 District Justices (Alphabetical) 59 15 Philadelphia Traffic Court Judicial System Case Volume, 1982 87 Senior District Justices 10 Acti'Vities of the Administrative 59 16 Pittsburgh Magistrates !\ Office of Pennsylvania Courts (Alphabetical) Court Case Volume, 1982 I! 88 District Court Administrators and I 13 Advisory Boards and Committees 17 Summary of Statewide i[ Distict Justice Court 59 , j 18 The Appellate Courts Administrators (Alphabetical) Special Courts Filings, 20 Map of Pennsylvania's Judicial 1982 ,I 89 Glossary Districts 60 18 District Justice Traffic i i 21 Trial Court Developments in 1982 Citations by County I 61 19 District Justice Non-Traffic ,I 24 Common Pleas Case Volume By f County Page Table Citations by County I 55 Philadelphia Municipal Court 16 1 Disciplinary Cases Against 62 20 District Justice Summary I Lawyers Complaints by County 56 The People's Court: District I I Justices 16 2 Sources of Complaints 63 21 District Justice i! Against Judges and Misdemeanor and Felony , I 67 Court Finances District Justices Complaints by County 70 Supreme Court Justices 17 3 Types of Judicial 65 22 District Justice Civil :I 70 Superior Court Judges Misconduct Complaints by County , 70 Superior Court Senior Judges 17 4 Inventory of Disciplinary 68 23 Where the Money Goes: ,i! , 70 Commonwealth Court Judges Cases Against Judges in General Funds Fiscal 1982 70 Appellate Court Prothonotaries Resources 18 5 Supreme Court Caseload 70 Judges of the Courts of Common 69 24 Judiciary Funding-Where II 1978-1982 the Money Comes From 11 Pleas (by County) jI 19 6 Superior Court Caseload 73 Senior Common Pleas Judges (by 69 25 Fines and Costs Collected 1982 County) by District Justices-1981 19 7 Commonwealth Court 1\ 74 Philadelphia Municipal Court Caseload 1978-1982 Judges !\ 23 8 Criminal Dispositions by ., 74 Philadelphia Traffic Court Page Figure Type 1978-1982 Judges 57 1 District Justice Cases Filed 23 9 Civil Dispositions by 74 Pittsburgh Magistrates Court Type 1978-1982 57 2 District Justice Cases 75 District Justices (by County) Disposed 24 10 Common Pleas Case \\ !I11 79 District Court Administrators and Volume by County 68 3 Distribution of State FY Ii District Justice Court 82-83 Funds to the Three I! Philadelphia Municipal II )) Administrators (by County) 55 11 Branches of Government Court Caseload 1978-1982 11If (I 11 I' II '. I:) II, '" il 11 --~--;:::.- II )1 r 0 II 3 ~ • ...... o.:.r-"'"""'-
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It is lilY pleasure as Chief Justice thoroughly, to reduce the time In the daily administration of our of Penn!lylvania to present the needed for judicial disposition in unified judicivl system, we have had Annmil .Report of the Administrative those cases which do ultimately the ongoing assistance of our Rules Office of Pennsylvania Courts. TIlis require action by the courts. At our Committees, all of which have been Report, ptepared 'IQder the request, a bill has recently been requested to examine existing rules of superv:i~kln of our able Court introduced in the Legislature which court with a view toward reducing Admini!il:nttor of Pennsylvania, would increase the statewide their complexity and increasing their Judge Abraham J. Gafni, provides a jurisdictional maximum for efficiency. Among the many statistimd p'rofile of the productivity arbitration from $20,000 to $40,000. contributions of our Committees has of our ctourts throughout the This increase would p.:rmit an even been the drafting of a civil procedural CommQrlwealth during 1982. greater ust. of non-judicial personnel rule, adopted this year, which where it is warranted, with each substantially reduces the amount of In 19m2, over 300,000 cases were judicial district able to set the judicial time required to verify the filed in Pennsylvania. The Annual arbitration limit within the maximum financial status of a party requesting Report demonstrates that our unified best suited to its needs. to proceed in forma pauperis. judicial !iystem has responded to this Samuel J. Roberts avalanche of litigation with In order to maximize the efficient Members of the Bar have Chief Justice of Pennsylvania dedication and efficiency. In 1982, use of available judicial time, many contributed to the work of our Rules our Supreme Court had the third courts of common pleas are Committees, as well as to many other heaviest workload of any state implementing an individual calendar activities essential to the ongoing supreme court in the nation. Our system, with random assignment of success of our unified judicial system. Superior and Commonwealth cases to each calendar. The benefits Through individual contributions Courts, courts of common pleas, of a system in which judges control and hours of volunteer service, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, their own cases from start to finish members of the Bar have made our and distr:ict.justices also faced a are obvious, as is the crucial Commonwealth's Disciplinary staggering workload, but, as the importance of the random Program a model for programs Annual Repo.rt demonstrates, they assignment of cases to individual across the country. The Client too responded with prompt, diligent judges. Security Fund was created in 1982 to adjudications. provide redress to clients who suffer As part of our continuing financial loss through lawyer Of course, the efficiency of our commitment to the goal of excellence malfeasance. Like the Disciplinary judicial system should never be in every segment of our unified Program, the Fund is completely evaluated on the basis of numbers judicial system, our Supreme Court financed through individual alone, and II,r,rould hope that our has requested Court Administrator contributions by members of the Bar. courts, lawyers, and fellow citizens Gafni and his staff to establish a would never make the mistake of statewide continuing judicial As significant as were the equating sheer speed and education program. It will be a achievements of our Bench and Bar productivity wIth quality and justice. Pennsylvania program distinctly in 1982, every segment of our judicial relevant to Pennsylvania system is resolved to work even I In a continuing effort to reach the jurisprudence, providing instruction harder in 1983, not simply to make best, .\U1d fairest judgments possible, in both practice and procedure at the best of what we have but to make I courts throughout the times and places convenient to all what we have the best. With the ! Commonwealth are taking steps to members of our Commonwealth's support and cooperation of our maximize the use of existing judicial system without undue coequal branches of government, ... 1j administrative and professional intrusion on the daily functioning of members of the Bar, and concerned resources. Our courts of common our courts. As with many aspects of citizens throughout the 4\ I pleas have increased the availability the administration of OUr unified Commonwealth, we shall continue to I of judicial tirg,e by using masters, judicial system, we look to the strive daily to achieve our supreme ~ I hearing oltfcer&and arbitrators where members of the Bar and to the fine goal of a unified judicial system of II appropriate. These non-jUdicial law schools of this Commonwealth unifornl excellence. 11 officers are able to bring many cases for assistance in assuring an to settlement w'ithout the expenditure educational program of the highest I! of judicial time and effort and, by caliber. II developing and framing the issues JI Samuel J. Roberts Chief Justice of Pennsylvania 5 4 I i: REPORT FROM THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR
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To: The Chief Justice of Finally, I wish to note the special Pennsylvania and the Justices efforts which have been made to of the Supreme Court of further the education and training of Pennsylvania judicial system personnel. The ,) Administrative Office, in cooperation with various professional associations I am pleased to transmit to you, and the Minor judiciary Education pursuant to RJ.A. 505 (14), the Board, haS provided numerous eleventh Annual Report of the educational conferences, seminars Administrative Office of and workshops for judges, district Pennsylvania Courts. This Report justices, court administrators, describes judicial system,activities probation officers, domestic relations and presents statistics related to officers, secretaries and others. calendar year 1982. While these achievements have In addition to the achievements been significant, much, of course, noted by Chief Justice Samuel J. remains to be done. I look forward to Roberts in the Foreword, some of the working with you in further special services performed by the improving the administrative Administrative Office of components of our unified judicial Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) during system so that the citizens of 1982 should be highlighted. Under Pennsylvania will continue to be well the leadership of former Court served during the coming years. Administrator Alexander F. Barbieri, the Data Processing Department completed the computerization of the Superior Court Docketing System, which now provides the Court with the information necessary for actively monitoring and managing its workload. Of course, that department continued to provide computer aiZ)·A'r' support to the Administrative Office Abraham J. Gafni //' in areas of budgeting, accounting, Court Administrator of Pennsylvania payroll and caseflow management.
The Legal Department, consisting of only three attorneys, provided representation to judges, court personnel, and the courts themselves, in 138 legal proceedings in 1982. Not only has that department performed its task most ably, but it has also received national recognition for its expertise in court-related litigation.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM As of December 31, 1982.
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, , , The City of Pittsburgh has six In general, appeals from the Chief Justice and President OVERVIEW OF THE PENNSYLVANIA JUDICIAL SYSTEM police magistrates in addition to the Common Pleas courts are taken to Judges county district justices. These one of the two intermediate appellate magistrates, who need not be lawyers, courts. Commonwealth Court The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania may issue arrest warrants and preside basically has jurisdiction over appeals and the president judges of all other at arraignments and preliminary involving government agencies and courts of seven or fewer judges are hearings for all criminal offenses officials, as well as many matters those judges in longest continuous occurring within the city. They also involving not-for-profit corporations. service. The one exception to this is have jurisdiction over criminal cases It also has original jurisdiction over the president judge of the brought by the city police for many cases in which state officials are Philadelphia Traffic Court who is violations of city ordinances and parties. appointed by the Governor. In courts other specified offenses. The police of eight or more judges, the judges The Constitution of 1790 furthered Special Courts magistrates also sit on the Pittsburgh Superior Court has jurisdiction select from their ranks a president Pennsylvania has 60 judicial Traffic Court, which has the same over all direct appeals which are not judge, who serves in that capacity for this development, grouping the At the first level in the court districts, 309 authorized Common jurisdiction as the Philadelphia within the specific statutory five years. counties into judicial districts and system are the special c.ourts. I~ Traffic Court. juri~diction of another Appellate Pleas judges in its trial courts of providing president judges for the counties other than PhIladelphIa, general jurisdiction, 553 District Common Pleas Courts in those Court. these courts are presided over by There are no jury trials in the AOPC Justices, thirty-two thousand districts to ease the burden of the district justices, formerly known as special courts. However, appeals lawyers, 67 counties and Supreme Court. While the justices of the peace. District justices from special court judgments may be Judges: Qualifications, Wide ranging responsibility for this uncounted local laws to serve its Constitutions of 1838 and 1874 have jurisdiction over summary taken to the county Common Pleas Election, Tenure, Vacancies System falls to the Administrative citizens. To provide effected changes in the jurisdiction, criminal cases, landlord-tenant 11,866,728 Court where the cac;e is heard de Office of the Pennsylvania Courts tenure and election or appointment matters and other civil actions where some direction in a potentially novo. (AOPC). As part of its supervisory, of members of the judiciary, the basic the amount claimed does not exceed In addition to certain basic trackless maze, the Pennsylvania administrative and long range structure created by the Constitution $4,000. They may also accept gu.ilty requirements such as citizenship and Constitution created a Unified planning duties, the AOPC: of 1790 remained essentially pleas of misdemeanors of the thIrd residency, judges are subject to strict Judicial System in 1968. Common Pleas Courts standards of conduct and may be unchanged. The Constitution of 1968, degree under certain circu~s!an.ce~. Represents the Judicial System however, initiated many judicial District justices also have JUrISdIctIOn removed, suspended or otherwise before legislative bodies. The Common Pleas Courts are the reforms and reorganized the judiciary to issue warrants and to hold disciplined for misconduct in office. Manages fiscal affairs like budget courts of general trial jurisdiction. under a Unified Judicial System arraignments and preliminary All judges within the system are preparation, approval of A Brief History of the They have original jurisdiction over elected to 10-year terms, with the consisting of the Supreme, Superior hearings in all criminal cases. disbursements, procures goods Courts of Pennsylvania* and Commonwealth Courts, Courts all cases which are not eXclusively exception of judges of Philadelphia's and services. assigned to another court. There is Prior to the State Constitution of of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Although district justices need not Municipal and Traffic Courts and Reviews practices, procedures one Common Pleas Court for each of 1776 there existed in Pennsylvania a Municipal Court, Pittsburgh be lawyers, they must complete an District Justices who are elected to and efficiency of the System. 60 judicial districts in the state and colle~tion of courts, some inherited Magistrates Court, Traffic Court of educational course and p8'iS a terms of six years, and judges of Supervises all administrative 309 authorized Common Pleas Pittsburgh Magistrates Court, who from the rule of the Duke of York Philadelphia, Justices of the Peace qualifying examination bef?~e tak~ng matters relating to offic;es judges. These districts generally are apppointed to four-year terms by (1664 to 1673), some established by (now called District Justices) and office. They also must partlcipate In engaged in clerical functions. coincide geographically with the William Penn, and some-such as "such other courts as may be one week of continuing education the mayor. Vacancies may be filled by Collects statistical data. counties, although seven of the gubernatorial appointment subject to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court provided by law." each year. Maintains personnel records. created by Pennsylvania's Provincial districts are comprised of two Senate confirmation until such time Conducts education programs for counties. Assembly. Although attempts were In Philadelphia, the special courts as the vacancy is filled by election. personnel of the System. Thus the stage was set for Receives comments and made from time to time to create a coordinated management by the are the Municipal Court and the unified system which would define Traffic Court. Municipal Court is The "merit retention" provision complaints from the public. Supreme Court of all courts as a part Appellate Court System allows judges to run for reelection on Provides legal services to System and organize the powers and of a single, integrated system. In the only special court of jurisdiction of the several courts, Pennsylvania which is a court of a "yes-no" vote, without ballot personnel. 1981, with the support of the There are two levels of appellate these attempts were often nullified in record. It has 22 judges, who must reference to political affiliation. This Publishes an annual report. Legislature and approval of the courts in Pennsylvania. The first England. It was not until the be lawyers, and has jurisdiction over provision was designed to remove Examines administrative and Governor, the jurisdiction of the consists of the intermediate appellate Constitution of 1776, which all criminal offenses, other than them from pressures of the political business methods. Superior Court was expanded with a courts: the Superior Court with 15 established courts of sessions, courts summary traffic offenses, which are arena once they serve their first term Develops recommendations for the corresponding decrease in the areas judges and the Commonwealth Court of office. of common pleas and orphans' courts punishable by a term of Supreme Court regarding of manadated jurisdiction of the with nine. Above these is the improvements of the system. in each county, that Pennsylvania saw Supreme Court. As a result, the: imprisonment 110t exceeding five the beginning of a statewide Supreme Court which has seven Mandatory retirement age for Pennsylvania Supreme Court, like the years. Otherwise, the Municipal justices and is the commonwealth's framework for the development of its Court has the same jurisdiction as judges is 70, although retired judges United States Supreme Court, can It judicial system. court of last resort. is the oldest may continue to serve in a "retired now exercise its discretion in the district justices except for civil appellate court in the nation and pre actions, where the amount claimed active" status to ease court backlogs. accepting or rejecting most appeal~, dates the U.S. Supreme Court by 67 allowing it to devote greater attentIOn may not exceed $1,000. years. to cases of far-reaching impact, as ~,l well as to its constitutional obligation The Philadelphia Traffic Court is , to oversee the entire judicial r,ystem. composed of six judges who need not be lawyers but must complete a course and pass a qualifying examination. Its jurisdiction covers all summary offenses under the Motor Vehicle Code and related city ordinances. *Source: The Pennsylvania Manual
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ACTIVITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS The Superior Court, to a greater Educational Programs Sponsored Legal Services Provided degree than most American appellate courts, has in recent years faced The unified judicial system of The servj.ces provided by the serious problems of case volume Pennsylvania is a highly complex, AOPC's Law Department fall into resulting in delayed dispositions. By closely interwoven system which three categories: the department head 1978, the problems of steadily rising employs over two thousand persons is Legal Counsel to the Court volume and limited resources had in the capacity of judges, district Administrator; the department become so severe that the American justices, court administrators and provides in-house counsel services to Judicature Society, in reporting the support personnel. However, few the person..'1el of the unified judicial results of a study of Pennsylvania's persons in the system come to their system; and, fmally, the department three appellate courts, observed that positions equipped with the full range provides direct legal representation to Although the Supreme Court of The Data Processing Department the Superior Court had "for some of skills and knowledge necessary to personnel of the system who have Pennsylvania has the constitutional continued to provide computer years been one of the most perform all of his or her duties been sued as a result of action taken responsibility for overseeing the support to the Pennsylvania Superior overworked courts in America." expeditiously, efficiently and in the scope of their official duties. administration of the entire state Court as well as to other AOPC During the four years that have completely. Similarly, changes in the Due to the demands of litigation and judicia! system, it is the Court departments. Significant passed since publication of the AJS law and the technoIogy of staff limitations, services rendered in Administrator of Pennsylvania who enhancements were made in the areas Report of 1978, the court has management require the continued calendar year 1982 were virtually is responsible for the "prompt and of budgeting, payroll, statistical undergone a number of changes, the acquisition of new skills and restricted to this last category. proper disposition of the business of programs, criminal history programs most significant of which have been knowledge. To meet these ongoing all courts" and district justices. The and district justice financial reports. an increase in the size of the court needs, the AOPC helped Gonduct The department provided Court Administrator, who is The selection process for new The Administrative Office from 7 to 15 commissioned judges, educational and training seminars for representation to judges and other appointed by the Supreme Court, computer hardware was also begun of Pennsylvania Courts is establishment of the system of system personnel. court-system personnel in 138 legal Girects the activities of the in 1982. hearing cases in three-judge panels, proceedings, a figure comparable to responsible for the "prompt Administrative Office of and an initial introduction of new At the trial court level, a series of that of the preceding year in which and proper disposition of the Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC). Possibly the most exciting equipment and technology into the seven conferences for Common Pleas representation was extended in 140 business of all courts" and development in the Data Processing internal operations of the court. Court personnel were held in 1982, cases. It should be noted that these Department was the final district justices. Considerable progress has been made including a Mid-Annual and Annual figures do not reflect the actual 1982 Activities implementation of a computerized in some critical management areas, Meeting of the Pennsylvania number of cases fIled against judges docketing system for the Superior Conference of State Trial Judges, an and other court personnel. Since The Administrative Office's including statistics for management Court. The new computer-based Orientation Seminar for "freshman" many federal cases involve in forma technical assistance capabilities were purposes, record-keeping and record-keeping system now provides judges, a Juvenile Court Training pauperis matters, the district courts, significantly expanded by the creation caseflow management. Also, a small a capacity for rapid and accurate Seminar, a Domestic Relations pursuant to 28 U.S.c. §1915(d), of two new professional positions: a Central Legal Staff has been entry of data, secure storage and easy Training Conference, a President routinelY dismiss complaints deemed Domestic Relations Specir,ilist and a established to screen incoming cases, retrieval of information and speedy Judges/District Court Administrators to be frivolous without service of the Personnel Specialist. Thr.: Domestic prepare pre-argument memorandums production of cOllrt dockets, Seminar, and an Orphans' Court complaint. Relations Specialist, who. was hired in selected categories of cases, review notification letters ami management Conference. The Administrative to foster improvements in the field of motions, prepare proposed rulings, information reports. Office also assisted the Superior The number of counseled Domestic Relations court and review draft opinions for possible Court in organizing its Annual complaints whether counsel originally administration, conducted a number conflict with prior opinions. The IJA/ICM Study recommendations Educational Conference. brought the action or was court of studies and helped prepare and Charged with the task of indicated that the Court is now in a appointed, remained approximately publish a manual outlining the overseeing the offices of position to effectively handle its The Minor Judiciary Education the same as in the previous reporting practices and procedures in domestic Pennsylvania's 553 district justices, business in a focused, systematic Board, with the support of the year. About 60 percent of the relations matters. the Administrative Office recently fashion. Noting that "a remarkably AOPC, developed and offered litigation involved counseled revised its highly regarded District educational programs 1'0 strengthen complaints, with the bala.,ce The Personnel Specialist, who was speedy modernization has taken Justice Office Procedures Manual. Pennsylvania's District Justice involving pro se actions. The degree hired to strengthen personnel place," the Study team gave much of To assure compliance with the System. The AOPC provided of sophistication of the complaints in management throughout the credit to highly motivated judges. Manual's standards and procedures, administrative secretarial services for this latter category increased Pennsylvania'S trial court system, AOPC staff visited dozens of district the Board and taught some of the substantially during the reporting focused on providing technical justice offices and instructed district courses given to district justices, period. Few complaints sought assistance on an individual county justice personnel at special seminars. district ju::tice candidates and district monetary damages as the principal basis in all areas of personnel justice secretaries. form of relief; rather, the management, including Sponsored by the Administrative compensation, personnel Office of Pennsylvania Courts, a classification, performance special study of the Superior Court evaluation, affirmative employment was conducted with funding from the and position justification. Over 22 Perpsylvania Commission on Crime judicial districts made requests for and'Delinquency. The Institute of such personnel assistance during Judicial Administration and the 1982. Institute for Court Management completed an analysis of the Court's internal operations and procedures and made recommendations for handling its caseload in an expeditious manner without impairing the quality of appellate justice.
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complaints as well as in counseled Monitored !' !f complaints was equitable relief in the Ii :I form of injunctions and declaratory Over 4,300 legislative proposals :1 ; judgments. The issues raised in both were introduced into the General : I /0;:, categories of complaints covered the Assembly during the 1981-1982 II ~ gamut of legal issues, with legislative session. Of these, over 500 ,! considerable emphasis placed upon proposals with numerous I constitutional challenges to practices amendments were introduced which of the judiciary. The substantial could have impacted upon the majority of trial litigation in the judicial system. The AOPC legislative I To ensure a broad representation During 1982, the Disciplinary Judicial1nquiry and Review reporting year was in the federal office worked with members of both :1 of viewpoints, expertise and Board disposed of 2,508 complaints, Board (JIRB) information, the judicial system relies 401 more than in 1981, and system. the House and Senate on legislative Hon. William Franklin Cercone, on a number of judges, practicing disciplinary action was taken against issues and represented the judiciary Il Chairman; Hon. Gwilym A. Price, lawyers and citizens. They come from 209 lawyers. This figure does not Litigation during this report year with respect to matters affecting the i/ Jr., Vice-Chairman; Hon. Joseph F. various parts of the Commonwealth include 6 interim suspensions of was punctuated by this department's judicial system. iI McCloskey, Hon. Charles P. Ij and serve on advisory committees various types (See Table 1). There successful defenses advanced in Mirarchi, Jr., Hon. J. Warren and boards. Their diversity and was a net increase of 65 complaints Pittsburgh Corning Corp~ v. -':')is year the legislative office Watson; and the following attorneys: \1 knowledge strengthen the judiciary received over matters terminated and Honorable Edward J. Bradley, et al. continued to inform and advise Paul A. Manion, Linda Z. Marston, 11 and help it reflect the changes integral 916 active complaints were pending and Medve v. Walakovits; Appeal of appellate cpurt justices and judges, I S. Raymond Rackoff, Robert B. trial court-judges, and administrative ! to a dynamic society. at the start of 1983. The Disciplinal"y Orloski. The former case involved a l Surrick. Richard E. McDevitt, Board considered 44 matters and constitutional challenge to staff as to proposed legislative { Executive Director. Philadelphia General Court activities in Harrisburg. Some of the i referred 32 to the Supreme Court for final decision. Fourteen of these were Regulation 82-5, which established a key legislation which was enacted I The Disciplinary Board Responsible for investigating \- petitions for reinstatement to acti:ve program of non-jury trials, with the concerned driving while intoxicated, complaints against judges and district d Herbert J. Johnson, Jr., Esq., status after being inactive three right of trial de novo, for aSbestos mandatory sentencing, the 11: justices, this Board has a duty to Chairman; Raymond Pearlstine, more years with no discipline . I~ litigation in the Court of Common jurisdiction of district justices, !\ maintain the integrity of Esq., Vice-Chairman; and tL~ involved.'\ Pleas of Philadelphia County. creation of a sixtieth judicial district it Pennsylvania's judicial system, while 'i following attorneys: James J. Curran, Petitio~,ers in that case invoked the (i.e. Pike County), permanent recognizing the need to protect judges II Jr., Robert C. Daniels, John M. Two developments should be original jurisdiction of the Supreme extension of the Post Conviction t and district justices from unjust r- noted. First, there has been a Court of Pennsylvania i)1:a,Writ of Hearing Act, and certification and Elliott, Mary Bell Hammerman, accusations. . Prohibition. The'latter involved amendments to Title 42 (Judiciary tl Gilbert J. Helwig, Sidney L. Krawitz, significant increase in the number of "ase Frank J. McDonnell, and Pasco L. reinstatement proceedings, which a contempt appeal before the and Judicial Procedure) of the \' Frivolous or unfounded 1I Schiavo; Professor Winfield Keck logically follows from the increased Superior Court, which concluded as Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. complaints consist primarily of and Nancy M. Neuman. Nan Cohen, tempo of disciplinary actions during a matter of first impression that II conclusions drawn from a 1 Secretary. the preceding ten years resulting in evidence of recklessness satisfied the *In early 1983, the nation's high court decided misunderstanding of the law. to review this issue in a Virginia case, Pulliam cliiSbarments and suspensions of element of ihtent necessary for a Complaints not within the Board's v. Allen. The timing of the Supreme Court's A total of 2,573 complaints, 338 various lengths. Many of the finding of contempt. \ jurisdiction are mainly against court decision coincided with the District Court's I more than the year before, were respondents involved in1s,ur-ll matters entry of an award of fees in the Ayoob case. officers, lawyers, police officers and lodged against Pennsylvania lawyers. are now seeking reinstatr,;.:,nent and The issue in the case of Morrison An appeal from this Order has been taken to 1\ Federal judges. v. Ayoob wa'1 ~whether judicial the Third Circuit. This upward trend has prevailed since the investigation and hearings the establishment of the Disciplinary incident to consideration of their immunity bars an award of counsel Tables 2, 3 and 4 show the sources II Board in 1972. The increase in petitions for reinstatement present an fees under 42 U.S.C. §1988. The U.S. of complaints and the types of activity is attributed to the large additional burden for all involved in Court of Appeals for the Third I judicial misconduct acted upon in I number of attorneys now registered, the disciplinary process. Pursuant to ,Circuit answered this question in the \ 1982. negative and efforts to seek review j 32,385 by the end of 1982 (1,515 the creation of the Client Security Fund Board, the second development from the United States Supreme more than the previous year), and to Pennsylvania Board of Law Court were unsuccessful.* II :' increased public awareness of the has been the establishment of new Board. requirements regarding investigation Examiners procedures and records management. Desmond J. McTighe, Esq., II' Chairman; Hon. Justin M. Johnson, Vice-Chairman; Yolanda Barco, Esq.; John W. English, Sr., Esq.; and Anthony S. Minisi, Esq. Susan L. Anderson, Esq., Secretary-Treasurer.
() The Board conducted two examinations of two days each, the first day for the Multi-state Examination and the second for the Essay Examination. In February, , 1982, 465 of the 733 Bar examinees (63.4%) passed. In July, 1982, 1,588 of the 1,896 Bar examinees (83.8%) passed. 13 12 '[ ~ r1
During the year the Board heard Criminal Procedural Rules -Dismissal of cases for non Committee for Standard 16 applications for admission to the Committee compliance with procedures for I Jury Instructions Minor Judiciary Education Board Client Security Fund Board Bar involving, inter alia, questions of proceedings before the minor I Hon. Julia Ann Rozum moral fitness, false statements on James Strazzella, Esq., Chairman; jUdiciary and for defects in the form A;thur R. Liteeton, Esq., George J. Barco, Esq., Chairman; Chairperson; Hon. Paul A. 1 applications or declarations and Hon. Robert I. Shadle, Vice or content of the documents used in I Hon. James R. Cavanaugh, Hon. Chairman; Dean John J. Sciullo I, Si~mons, Vice-Chairperson; Hon. cheating on the Bar exam. Thirteen Chairman; Hon. Max Rosenn, such proceedings. John C. Dowling, Hon. Loran L. Vice-Chairman; Paula Geen ' appeals from actions of the Board Consultant; Hon. D. Michael Fisher; i MIchael J. Conroy, Jr., Secretary Bregman, Esq., Dean Jane S. Lewis, Hon. Abraham H. Lipez, Treasurer; Hon. William J. were flIed with the Supreme Court; Hon. G. Thomas Gates; Hon. -Taking and preserving testimony I Hon. James T. McDermott, Hon. Dickerson; Davis S. Gifford, Esq.; they involved applicants from Thomas C. Raup; Hon. Anthony J. of witnesses who may become J Campbell, Hon. Donald O. Riehl, Haro!d S. Irwin, Jr., Esq.; Joseph P. I John N. Sawyer, Hon. Samuel Donald S. Guthrie, Esq.; and Hon. unaccredited law schools, out-of-state Scirica; Hon. Henry R. Smith; unavailable to testify at trial or any I Strauss, Hon. Robert L. Walker, S:o!tmo, Ph.D; and Nancy S. I Charles R. Wise. attorneys and applicants' Attorney General Leroy S. other proceeding. I .~ro\essor Arthur A. Murphy, Joseph KmIry, Fund Administrator. declarations. Zimmerman; District Attorneys I I j. 0 Mara, ~h.D., and the following R~sp?nsible for the certifying and William H. Platt, Edward G. -Local rules of criminal procedure I attorneys: GIlbert G. Ackroyd, James The Board administers the Client Rendell, Robert L. Eberhardt, and the local criminal rulemaking i I contmumg education of district Security Fund, which was ( E. Beasley, Perry S. Bechtle, Joseph justices, the Board approves the Civil Procedural Rules Bernard L. Siegel; Defender process, which with a virtually !I G. Feldman, Howard Gittis James established by the Supreme Court in II curriculum, reviews course content Committee Benjamin Lerner; District identical Civil Rule on local rules of 'I 1982 to reimburse clients for money ,1 Lewis Griffith, William H. Lamb, and instructor evaluations certifies Justice/ Attorney Nicholas Sellers; civil procedure and the local civil I Roger B. Meilton, Lee Carter and/ or property which has been 1 those individuals successf~lly John A. Metz, Jr., Esq., private defense attorneys: A. Richard rule-making process are intended to ,), Swartz. stolen from them by their attorneys. completing the four-week course of Chairman; Stephen M. Feldman, Gerber, Abraham J. Brem Levy, and provide uniform procedures :j" II All attorneys licensed to practice law Esq., Vice-Chairman; Hon. Ruggero Stanford Shmukler. James A. regarding local criminal and civil iI instruction (55 individuals passed in in Pennsylvania were assessed $50* II The committee is responsible for 1982), provides budgetary J. Aldisert, Consultant; Hon. Albert Shellenberger, Secretary/Staff procedural rules. \1 reviewing both the criminal and civil each to finance the program. E. Acker, Hon. John J. McLean, Jr., Counsel, and Anne T. Panfil, Staff II management, and approves changes Payments totaling more than proposed jury instructions in light of to the District Justice Reference Hon. Madaline Palladino, Hon. Counsel. -Conditions of ARD, particularly ;1 J newly enacted legislation and $330,000 were approved in 1982 Lawrence Prattis, Hon. Dale F. payment of reasonable charges Manual. During 1982 the Board with $25,000 being the maximu~ for appel!ate c0.urt decisions. During helped fund two educational seminars Shughart, and the following As one of the advisory groups to relating to the expense of I 1982 It continued to carry out its anyone claim. I for the Pennsylvania Association of ·Reduced to $40 for 1983. attorneys: Philip W. Amram, Edward the Supreme Court, this Committee administering the program. II assignments through its three J. Balzarini, Herbert Fishbone, continued its efforts to streamline and Administrators of Special Courts and Ij subcommittees - Criminal six seminars for 300 district justice James J. Flaherty, John G. Gent, improve the Rules of Criminal -Several areas of criminal procedure I Instructions, Civil Instructions and secretaries. Although Board members Richard L. Grossman, Richard Procedure. Much of its work in 1982 affected by the Judicial Code and Socio-Legal. ' ,I are appointed by the Governor, they Minor Court Civil Procedural Henry Klein, Morton Meyers was a necessary response to court JARA, including jurisdiction and \{ Rules Committ€e (deceased), Rod J. Pera, Judd N. opinions or changes in legislation, as venue, appeals of summary 'I work closely with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts. Poffinbergei, Jr., David S. Shrager, well as to the Judiciary Act Repealer convictions, execution of arrest II Judicial Auditing Agency I, Robert W. Lentz, Esq., Chairman; Charles H. Welles. Harold K. Don, Act, JARA. Matters come to the warrants, settlement and nolle I Anthony J. Giangiulio, Esq., Vice Jr., Executive Director, and Debora Committee from members and staff, prosequi, selection and summoning Hon. Edward J. Bradley, Hon. Orphans' Court Rules Committee Chairman; Hon. Frank T. Hazel, K. H. Sutch, Research Assistant. referrals by other court agencies and of trial and grand jurors, challenges James C. Crumlish, Hon. Michael J. communi, .... tions with interested to the sufficiency of the evidence to District Justice Bernard J. Regan, O'Malley, Hon. Gwilym A. Price, Jr.; Hon. Edmund S. Pawelec Rules governing change of venue, members of the bench and bar. convict, bail, and forms of John L. Harvey, CPA and Robert J and the following attorneys: Gilbert the effective date of rules, foreign subpoenas. Seider, CPA.' . Chairman; Hon. James B. Dwyer Ackroyd, Charles D. Agresti, Vice-Chairman; Hon. George C. ' attachment, promulgation of local New rules and rule amendments Kenneth P. Christman, David R. Eppinger, Hon. Paul R. Zavarella rules, and divorce were among the adopted, implemented or *Only those recommendations which were The Judicial Auditing Agency Norman H. Brown, Esq.; William' Gold, J. Elvin KraybilI, Frederica A. work accomplished by this recommended* in 1982 include: adopted in early 1983 are listed. accepted audits of judiciary finances Massiah-Jackson, James Morgan, Committee in 1982. McC. Houston, Esq.; and M. Paul prepared by independent certified Smith, Esq. and Edward E. Russell. H. James -District Attorney election to public accountants. In addition Hatch, III, Secretary-Reporter. The Judicial Code and the require prior prosecutorial approval members audited financial affai~ of Several meetings were held to judiciary Act Repealer Act (JARA) of police complaints, arrest warrant !he U?ifi~d Judicial System by will, together with the J ARA affidavits, and search warrant discuss amending rules which concern The Committee considered, and mvesttgatmg the fiscal system of how accounts should be filed. Continuation Act of 1980, continue applications. controls and procedures of the subsequently recommended to the to provide the Committee with the Recommendations consistent with Supreme Court, amendments to Philadelphia Traffic Court. recent American Bar Association basis for much of its work in the -Joinder or consolidation and Recommendations growing out of Civil Procedural Rule 409 relating to coming year. The Committee is severance of offenses and defendants (ABA) suggestions were published in the Notice accompanying the Order this review were made to the Chief the Pennsylvania Bulletin for ) considering the advisability of rules for trial and joinder and severance in Justice. of Execution, technical amendments / comment. Final recommendations to governing appeals from indictments or informations. required by the Judiciary Act administrative agencies, judgment the Supreme Court had not been transmitted as of the end of 1982. Repealer Act, and changing the liens and revival, deficiency -Pre- and post-trial matters when name of "Justice of the Peace" to judgments, partitions of personal and change of venue is ordered and "District Justice". The Court real property, tax and municipal implementation of statutory authority approved all these amendments. claim procedures, proceedings on for change of venire. appeals from district justices and small claims courts, actions against -Post conviction proceedings, which a1 the Commonwealth, and the were later vacated when the Post consolidation of the forms of action Conviction Hearing Act was in assumpsit and trespass. reenacted in its entirety.
14 , , ~ 15 i~ I] "iJ II Table 1 Ii Table 3 II Types of JUdicial Misconc1uct .! Disciplinary Cases Against Lawyers 1<, District Calendar ~ears Cumulative ~ Judge Justice I 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Total t\ Willful Misconduct 1 0 Conduct Which Brings Office into Disrepute " Disciplinary Cases and Prejudices Administration of Justice l. Infonnal Admonition 25 14 102 121 98 113 156 590 II Prejudicial Conduct During Trial II 4 6 2. Private Reprimand 14 5 5 4 6 34 Failure to Comply with Procedu(esand Rules 4 8 II Failure to Perform Judicial Duties_ 2 4 Political Activity c?/ 3. Probation 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ii 15 2 l! Conflict of Interest 4 1 4. Public Censure 7 6 1 1 2 17 II Pending Criminal Proceedings 0 2 // !I Mental/Physical Disability ! 0 2 5. Suspension* 13 .:~;;:;., 17 8 17 12 67 II .:0 .••• _ \1 6. Disbarment 6 12 12 21 33 84 h I Table 4 I Inventory of Disciplinary Cases Against Judges in 1982. Total of Disciplinary Actions 143 161 124 156 209 793 I Non- District Reinstatement Cases: Judicial Judge Justice Total l. Petitions for Reinstatement Granted 4 2 ti 42** 21*** 75 I Cases Pending 12/31/81 2 21 21 44 2. Petitions for Reinstatement Denied 3 1 5 4 0 13 Complaints Received in 1982 10 180 91 281 ! Total Case Load in 1982 I 12 201 112 325 *These figures do not include interim suspensions of various types ! Dispositions in 1982 **This figure iD,cludes 32 reinstatements to active status after being inactive three or more years and who have never been suspended or disbarred. I Rejected as frivolous or unfounded 0 74 30 104 ***This figure includes 14 reinstatements to active status after being inactive three or more years and who have never been suspended or disbarred. f t Rejected as matters for appeal 0 43 21 64 Ijl' Rejected as not within board's jurisdiction 12 9 5 26 Investigated and dismissed 0 29 26 55 III, (No evidence of misconduct) 11 [ Closed during investigation with Table 2 il J reprimand. admonition or by compliance 0 7 11 18 Sources of Complaints Against Judges and District Justices ;\ Closed by issuance of amendments to Election Accepted for Investigation in 1982 q Guidelines directing the attention of all District 1982 judicial candidates to Canon 7B(1)(c) Judge Justice 11 (Announcement of views on disputed legal ~ and political issues) 0 6 0 6 1. Litigants 18 18 ..... '- ,I'-.~" Closed as not warranting further action 2. Judges 1 3 ,:{ (Interim Suspension Lifted) 0 0 1 3. Attorneys 5 6 I ~$;, I ~ Closed as moot-resib'11ation received 4. Public Officials 14 2 during investigation 0 0 1 5. Media Infonnation Confinned 6 2 II Closed as moot-term expired during 6. Prisoners 4 1 investigation 0 0 1 1 7. Other 7 7 'I' Closed as moot-died during investigatiQn 0 1 0 1 }I Closed-resigned during interim suspensIOn 11 on criminal charges t.l 0 0 2 2 \'1 Total 12 169 98 279 I Pending Dispositions 12/31/82 ~ l 0 I I 32 14 46
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16 17 i, ,i 'j Table 6 THE APPELLATE COURTS 1 Superior Court Caseload 1982 No. Petitions No. Days No. Cases No. Cases No. Cases r I I No. Appeals Filed (incl. Court Oral Submitted Opinions l Office Filed Misc. Docket) Heard Cases Argument on Briefs Filed r I Phila. 3,688 3,829 73 675 634 1,939 I Harrisburg 432 333 7 41 79 262 I Pittsburgh 1,473 1,969 25 306 183 824 During 1982, recent legislative The Superior Court, despite a The number of cases filed with the Total 5,593 6,131 105 1,022 896 3,025 changes affecting the jurisdiction of steadily increasing workload, Commonwealth Court increased to the appellate courts began to take significantly reduced the number of 3,614. Although there were two I effect. The Supreme Court became cases awaiting decision. Due to the vacancies on the Court during most I primarily a "certiorari" court with hard work of the judges and their of the year, the 940 opinions fIled discretionary power to review staffs, as well as having a full represented a decline of only fifty Table 7: Commonwealth Court Caseload 1978-1982 appellate cases. The jurisdictions of complement of fIfteen judges for the over 1981. During 1982, the Court If Direct Appeals Combined both the Superior Court and first time, over 50% more opinions implemented a screening process to :/ Appeals from from Direct Appeals Original Total Commonwealth Court were were fIled in 1982 than in 1981 (3,025 identify cases for submission on Original Cts. of Common Administrative under Fiscal and Appellate Miscellaneous Transfer Actions expanded. as compared with 2,003). briefs. In 1982, 355 cases were if Year Jurisdiction Pleas Agencies Code Matters Docket Docket Filed submitted without argument in ( 1978 363 696 1,414 491 9 140 84 3,197 The Supreme Court, in 1982, The Superior Court also expanded contrast to 94 in the preceding years. I experienced a dramatic increase in its very successful appellate 1979 233 672 1,260 502 15 154 50 2,886 the number of petitions for allowance settlement conference program, The number of Commonwealth I ; f 1980 354 1,004 1,300 584 14 . 192 78 3,526 of appeal. These 1,245 petitions which has been operational in Court trials and evidentiary hearings \ Philadelphia since 1980, to include increased to 272 in 1982 compared I represent a 40.2% increase over 1981 I I 1981 280 825 1,321 850 10 219 76 3,581 filings and a 22.5% increase over 1980 civil appeals fIled in the Western with 228 during 1981. The Court also :I filings. By selecting 10.3% of those District. The primary purpose of the received 3,439 petitions, motions and i 1982 240 775 1,334 1,000 10 203 52 3,614 petitions for allowance of appeal program is to expedite disposition of 1.lpplications during the year. I (allocatur) for formal appellate the appellate docket through the :I review, the Court was able to give settlement of cases prior to their I greater attention to precedent-setting submission to the Court for decision. ;[ and constitutionally noteworthy cases as well as to administrative matters. , !
; I I 1 I Table 5 1 I) Supreme Court Caseload 1978-1982 I. i. No. Days i i No. Direct Peti~ons Allocatur Court No. No. r4i~. I Appeals For Petitions Heard Cases Cases O~inions !I,I Year Filed AJlocatur Granted Cases Argued Submitted Fi(~d Misc. Petitions " 1978 818 1,126 155 39 292 110 958\\ 1,262 1]'1 1979 798 1,052 215 45 334 117 659 1,375 I " 1980 758 1,016 147 40 357 153 667 1,311 I . .1981 246* 888 118 35 311 142 832 1,002 1982 102 1,245 128 34 272 100 485 1,066 *Jurisdiction of the Court was changed. NOTE: The Sum of Direct Appeals Filed and Allocatur Petitions Granted equals the total number of appeals. ~\
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'I II TRIAL COURT DEVELOPMENTS IN 1982 i iil
'; , Allegheny County's Criminal I, Although the primary Jury Management j responsibility of Pennsylvania's 309 Division implemented an individual By reducing the length of service !1 trial judges is to resolve human calendar system which produced very !i and computerizing the jury selection positive results. More cases were disputes, they also have the process, several counties realized responsibility to ensure that the disposed of in less time, costs were !\ benefits in the area of jury Ii courts' non-judicial business is reduced, and there were fewer jury management. Benefits included trials. il effectively and competently managed. reducing costs of juror fees, enlarging Assisting the court, and the president il the pool from which to select jurors, One of the most important judge particularly, in most counties II changing the composition of juries to achievements in civil case II are professionally trained court !\ include more professionals and full administration is the new administrators. II time employed persons, and utilizing Philadelphia Arbitration Center II juror time more efficiently. which has greatly improved the disposition of arbitration cases. All II During the final four months of civil cases, except those concerning 1982, after implementing a equity and title to real estate, in Assisting the Court, and the computerized One Day/One Trial which the amount of controversy is president judge particularly, in jury system, Berks County was able $20,000 or less, are heard by a three most counties are professionally to save $11,000. Carbon County member arbitration panel at the trained court administrators. completely computerized its jury Arbitration Center. The program's system, including the selection of increased efficiency has produced individual jury panels. Lackawanna substantial savings in arbitrator's fees County now summons jurors in a and has disposed of cases at a rate far Dne-step process for a period of two in excess of that which previously days. Stand-by juro..:!> who are prevailed. Philadelphia's arbitration required to call in the day before program was cited by U.S. Supreme service are also utilized. Court Chief Justice Warren Burger as a model for non-judicial disposition of civil litigation. What follows is a summary of Caseflow Management some of the major administrative Jefferson County designed and put developments adopted in many of Caseflow management has always Pennsylvania's trial courts during into use a daily court scheduling been one of the primary concerns of book which allows sufficient space 1982. These include innovations in court administration and several for scheduling all cases requiring the areas of jury management, counties made improvements in this caseflow management, public court action. This enables the court area during 1982. Lackawanna administrator to easily monitor all education, technology, probation, County instituted what is referred to quasi-judicial officers and internal cases at issue and to utilize the as the "Scranton Plan" for the available court time with maximum auditing. Some of the developments administration of criminal cases. The efficiency. mentioned had, perhaps, already plan provides that all cases be been instituted in other judicial schequled for a conference before a Monroe County, to expedite trials, districts while no reference is made judge shortly after court arraignment. here. In no event, therefore, should changed its court term of four At the conference the court months per year (nine days of the following enumeration be determines if there will be a trial, a considered as all-encompassing. criminal court and nine days of civil plea of guilty, a plea bargain, or a court each term) to a court term of Rather, it is merely representative of diversion into the ARD program. ten months (six nine-day terms of procedures being implemented Through the early identification of criminal court and four nine-day throughout the state to improve the non-trial cases, Lackawanna reduced terms of civil court). a\ judicial system. its trial list to a more manageable size and made more efficient use of its trial judges and jurors.
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Criminal Dispositions categories and were the highest .1" by Type amount since completion of " Quasi-Judici21 Officers . Indiana County's criminal list has Technology ~ Common Pleas statistics began . Recognizing the value of masters 'The following shows an become more manageable by utilizing Modern technology is increasingly t~ble There were significant increases in and hearing officers and their overall increase of 30.16 percent a Call Day procedure. On the Friday being adopted throughout guilty pleas (4,900 cases), non-jury indispensable role in the judicial (15.98 percent ii transfers to inactive before the Monday of jury trials, the Pennsylvania to improve the I trials (1,300 cases), and nol pros 1 system, many counties have made status are excluded) in criminal ·'1 District Attorney and counsel for efficiency of court operations. In (2,500 cases). Cases dismissed (Rule great use of such quasi-judicial dispositions between 1981 and 1982. each defendant, together with the addition to using computer 1100) were at their second lowest officers. In many courts? hearing . Increases in productivity were defendants, must appear in Court for technology in the area of docket~ng I point in the past six years. officers have been appomted to asSiSt reflected in nearly all disposition the purpose of answering a.li~t and and case scheduling, computer-aided in various aspects of domestic advising the court of what IS mtended transcription is also used to satisfy in the case. Pleas are taken on that some districts' court reporting needs. relations matters. day, continuances are grant~d for One very exciting development is in Table 8 cause shown, Rule 1100 Waivers are Lancaster County w\1ere a computer Criminal Dispositions by Type 1978-1982 placed on the record, and cases for system is being developed which will Internal Auditing trial are then scheduled for the next service both the police and the Court. Bucks County has developed an Guilty Jury Jury Nol two weeks. This joint type of system is one of the extensive system of program Plea Trial Waived Pros A.R.D.1 Rule 1100 Other2 Transfer3 Total first ofits ,kind in t}1e country. . performance auditing to measure the Montgomery County, limited by Another applicat'ion of technology IS performance of existing programs. 1978 23,477 3,055 4,850 8,594 10,167 410 3,790 NjA 54,343 two judicial vacancies of long in Delaware County where a The Court is attempting to take the standing, found it necessary to microwave unit ha~ been installed to guesswork out of financial, personnel, 1979 24,006 2,726 4,647 7,373 10,518 424 4,057 N/A 53,751 allocate all available trial judges to conduct all criminal arraignments for caseflow and calendar management. disposition of criminal cases du:i.ng a prisoners via television. Through the use of management 1980 26,130 2,781 4,936 7,249 11,129 304 2,453 N/A 54,982 four-month period in 1982. To "ffset tools such as cost-benefit analysis and the effru:.t on the civil trial bar, Philadelphia's new Transcrip~ion demographic studies, Bucks is 1981 30,028 3,051 5,152 7,626 11,817 390 2,072 NjA 60,736 settlement conferences were Copy Center facilitates the e~ficlent . developing a system that may set a 1982 34,93~ 3,175 7,032 10,186 12,561 324 2,234 8,612 79,059 scheduled. reproduction of note~ of. testimony; It national precedent. is anticipated that this will save ,~- $400,000 a year in transcri~tion fees. % Change 16.34 4.06 22.25 33.56 6.29 -16.9 7.81 30.16 Public Education Also, to increase its collectIOns, Beaver County has completely 'InclUdes dispositions in lieu of trial. Advances in the area of public 2Includes Grand Jury Dismissals through 1981. automated its child support system. education also were made in 1982. 3Counted as adjustments through 1981. Delaware County developed a number of informational brochures Probation about the court system which were eMI Dispositions 5,687. In 1982, there were over distributed throughout the county. Beaver County has established a by Type 216,000 civil cases docketed in the Lackawanna County initiated a county-based intensive prr.pation unit local Prothonotary offices. These program for offering tours of the which has reduced institutional costs Total civil dispositions decreased included general and vehicle trespass, Courthouse to school groups. The by 75 percent. Court officials hope to by 7.21 percent in 1982, largely due assumpsit, ejectment, statutory format for chese tours includes shift away from the to a 1,200 case decrease in appeals, slander, and mortgage discussing the history of the . institutionalization of youthful I: 'iettiements, both before and after foreclosure. Of these, praecipes to list Courthouse, explaining the f~nctlOns offenders. District field offices have l./ commencement of trial. The actual for trial were filed in only 22,271 of the various offices, observmg a also been e ~:ablished in high crime number of trials, both jury and non- cases (or 10.38 percent). trial, and sometimes meeting with a areas to increase adult probation jury, changed slightly from 1981 to judge or the District Attorney. officer contact and reduce 1982: 5,665 vs. operational expenses. il Table 9 j I Civil Dispositions by Type'i978-1982
Non- Jury S'\~ttled. Settled r.1 Jury Verdict Ber.or(1 After Stdcken Transfer Other Total Hea~ing Hearing ! ~. ! 1978 3,717 t,898 9,66>, 1,818 794 1,105 920 19,921 t '\ 197~, 4,183 1,695 '9,284_. 2,879 1,302 9Z3 1,161 21,447 \ 1,980 4,412 1,775 10,637 4,007 1,512 1,173 1,079 24,595 ~~ }981 4,076 1,589 13,262 4,596 1,888 1,178 2,053 28,642
~\ " 1982 4,066 1,621 12,7!14 ~,817 1,324i 1,259 1,695 26,576 .1 \ % Change -0.24 2.01 -3.S2 -16.94 -29~Wr 6.87 -17.43 -7.21
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22 U II I! Table 10: II Common Pleas Case Volume~.f..;ounty COMMON PLEAS CASE VOLUME BY COUNTY " ,I 1\ Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 ADAMS 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population IIf Criminal Cases 112 291a 296 107 -5 68,292 h ({ Guilty Plea 202 II II I,: Jury Jjrial 13 ,.NOlj~Jury Trial 0 ,', II Nol Pros 36 1 I A.R.D. 29 I Transferred to Inactive 14 Although the table that follows by the types of cases included, I Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 reflects the workload and output of particularly statutory appeals; i.e., Other 2 appeals from administrative agencies. I each district, comparisons should be () : Most districts include these appeals in Civil Cases 37 60 53 44 7 ,made with care. The most obvious i Non-Jury Trial 9 their flIings; but some, like I example is Philadelphia, which has a i' Jury Trial 12 Philadelphia, do not. ;1 uni~ue jurisdiction affecting its Settled before Hearing 31 casel~ad. Philadelphia's Municipal H Settled before V6rdict Inventory is what remains after )i 1 Court\has broader ~riminal Stricken dispositions have reduced the total of 0 jurisdit:tion than district justice ~()urts I) Transferred to both pending andiilewly flIed cases. eJsewhete. The result is that crirriinal Arbitration 0 The formula is: 11 cases heard by its Court of Common Other 0 Pleas tend to be more serious, \1 complex and time-consuming. Inventory 1/1/82 + Filings - Arbitration Dispositions =Inventory 1/1/83 $5,000 Limit 7 23 23 7 0 The compare-with-care caveat also II Juvenile 9 70 73 6 3 The percentage of change in applies to civil cases, particularly Domestic Relations 120 717 624 213 93 dispositions. These are strongly inventory compares the number of II affected by each county's arbitration cases on hand this year compared Divorce 23 241 210 54 31 with the number last year. A negative limits, ranging from $2,000 to \1 Orphan's Court 16 91 94 13 3 $20,000. Civil filings are also affected figure indicates a smaller inventory; a 1\ positive figure shows the reverse. II Inventory Inventory Olange Authorized 1980 11 ALLEGHENY 1/1/82 + FUings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population
Criminal Cases 3,393 10,622a 9,793 4,222 829 39 1,450,085 It Guilty Plea 3,311 !\[, Jury Trial 414 II Non-Jury Trial 678 II Nol Pros 1,565 [\ A.R.D. 2,252 r, Transferred to Inactive 685 ~'I Rule I 100 Dismissal 0 11 Other 888 11 Civil Cases :::;:' 9,301 7,994 6,525 10,770 1,469 II Non-Jury Trial 1,1.58 II Jury Trial 279 Settled before Hearing J 4,157 Settled before Verdict 164 -, Stricken 295 i ,,' Transferred to Arbitration 414 Other 58 I Arbitration $10,000 Limit 8,233 10,342 12,055 6,520 -1,713 fl l 1Uvenile 513 3,280 3,355 438 75 ,I:;J/ \ ~\, po Domestic Relations 185 9,642 8,283 1,544 1,359 ~ Divorce 0 7,684 7,627 57 57 Orphan's Court 190 2,283 2,26::1 210 20 II a Criminal cases returneq to active status Adams 5 " Ii Allegheny 13 [
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co LUMBIA/ Inventory Inventory Glange Authorized 1980 : 1 Inventory Inventory Gmnge Authorized 1980 MONTOUR 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population I CUMBERLAND 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population ~ I , Criminal Cases 189 340 343 186 -3 78,642 Criminal Cases 511 1,187a 1,155 543 32 3 178,037 Guilty Plea ;J 166 J Guilty Plea 718 Jury Trial 10 , j Jury Trial 33 Non·Jury Trial 0 ! 1 Non·Jury TriG! 21 NolPros 80 , [, Nol Pros 159 A.R.D. 17 A.R.D. 0 Transferred to Inactive 35 '; I Transferred to Inactive 88 Rule 1100 Dismissal 3 Rule 1100 Dism.issal 0 Other 32 :! :1 Other 136 Civil Cases 102 264 257 109 7 r . ( Civil Cases 75 181 187 69 -6 Non·Jury Trial 75 Non·J ury Trial 26 Jury Trial 15 :I I Jury Trial 13 Settled before Hearing 147 Settled before Hearing 82 Settled before Verdict 14 iI Settled before Verdict 5 : I Stricken 5 Strickel1 17 Transferred to Transferred to Arbitration 0 I 1 Arbitration 2 Other Other 42 A.bitrntion 15,000 } \ Limit-Columbia Arbitration i I $10,000 Limit 57 91 133 15 $10,000 Limit- 8 58 54 12 4 I) -42 Montour : I ;j Juvenile 0 277 277 0 0 Juvenile 2 77 76 3 Domestic Relations 0 136 136 0 0 Domestic Relations 13 168 166 15 2 Divorce 324 987 632 679 355 Divorce 212 275 275 212 0 II ~'."" I!'I Orphan's Court 0 220 188 32 32 Orphan's Court 4 3 4 3 -1 I. 1 Inventory Inventory Otange Authorized 1980 Inventory Inventory Otange Authorized 1980 I DAUPHIN 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions :;' 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population CRAWFORD 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population il a :1 Crimi.,al ,Cases 1,267 2,730 2,540 1,457 190 6 232,317 Criminal Cases 305 700 673 332 27 2 88,869 lJ Guilty Plea 1,262 Guilty Plea 411 Jury Trial 101 Jury Trial 41 j Non·Jury Trial 190 Non-Jury Trial 4 I Nol Pros 131 NolPros 99 I! A.R.D. 519 A.R.D. 116 ' I Transferred to Inactive 330 Transferred to Inactive 0 II ! Rule 1100 Dismissal 3 11 4 Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 I I I Other Other 2 I: 1\ Civil Cases 87 440 494 33 -52 Civil Cases 21 91 93 19 -2 I I Non·Jury Trial 319 Non·J ury Trial 43 II Jury Trial 41 Jury Trial 15 I! Settled before Hearing 121 Settled before Hearing 22 II Settled before Verdict 5 _ CO) Settled before Verdict 0 II Stricken 0 Stricken 0 ' t Transferred to Transferred to f Arbitr(l.tion I 8 Arbitration 0 N1\ Other 0 Other 13 II ! Arb.b:ation Arbitration II $10,000 Limit 19 247 247 19 $5,000 Limit 13 I 46 47 12 -1 J Juvenile 25 196 195 26 ~\ I f Juvenile 0 150 150 0 0 Domestic Relations 0 378 378 0 (}i\. Domestic Relations 0 120 120 0 0 Divorce 126 52 116 62 Divorce 19 287 268 38 19 II Orphan's Court 14 223 226 11 Orphan's Court 9 133 134 8 -1 • Criminal cases returned to acHve status Cumherland 33 I Dauphin 125 I
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,; ~! :1 /l£Ld. L Table 10: q !, Ii Common Pleas Case Volume by County , I , ' I 11 Table 10: , 1 I Common Pleas Case Volume by County 1 FRANKLIN/ Inventory I Inventory Change ' I 1 FULTON 1/1/82 + Filings Authorized 1980 - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges :I \ ~ Population Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 ! Criminal Cases 129 686 688 ' I , 127 -2 2 126,471 HUNTINGDON 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82, Judges Population Guilty Plea 336 Jury Trial 18 Criminal Cases 153 253 271 135 -18 1 42,253 : !1 Guilty Plea 145 Non·Jury Trial 10 Nol Pros ;j Jury Trial 16 87 Non-Jury Trial AR.D. 217 : 1 1 Nol Pros 76 Transferred to Inactive 0 i 1 A.R.D. 32 Rule 11 00 Dismissal 3 : ! Other 17 : 1 Transferred to Inactive 0 j! Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 Civil Cases 49 I 108 97 60 11 I Other 0 Non·] ury Trial 11 ) Jury Trial 5 Civil Cases 54 35 33 56 2 : 1 Non·Jury Trial 0 Settled before Hearing 57 1 Settled before Verdict Jury Trial 2 0 Settled before Hearing Stricken 2 21 Transferred to Settled before Verdict 4 ,-_'I Stricken Arbitration 6 1 Other 16 Transferred to i Arbitration 2 Arbitration Other 3 $10,000 Limit 5 4 6 3 -2 !, Arbitration Juvenile , 12 154 164 2 -10 j $10,000 Limit 40 12 4 48 8 Qomestic Relations 218 311 432 : i 97 -121 , 1 II Juvenile 0 73 73 0 0 Divorce I 1 62 45 I Domestic Relations 18 17 ': I 0 461 461 0 0 Orphan's Court ) 21 83 89 15 -6 I Divorce 12 136 136 12 0 '. I i \ Orphan's Court 38 70, 68 40 2 Inventory Inventory Change : 1 GREENE 1/1/82 + Filings Authorized 1980 - Disp\\Sitions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges i I II Population ~, Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 Criminal Cases 76 203 y! INDIANA 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population / ~02 77 1 1 40,355 [I Gu~t::i 'Plea 96 Criminal Cases 194 364a 437 121 -73 2 92,281 '-JucyTrial 11 Non·Jury Trial Guilty Plea 225 0 i!if Jury Trial Nol Pros 27 13 AR.D. Non·Jury Trial 25 67 Nol Pros Transferred to Inactive IIIt 60 0 i'! AR.D. Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 71 Other Transferred to Inactive 39 1 (I I Rule 1100 Dismissal Civil Cases 0 2 27 27 0 0 Other 2 Non·Jury Trial 7 II Civil Cases 242 76 239 Jury Trial I· 73 -3 6 Non-Jury Trial Settled before Hearing 16 14 Jury Trial Settled before Verdict 1/ 6 0 Settled before Hearing 54 Stricken 0 ~ Transferred to ~ Settled before Verdict 0 Arbitration Stricken 0 0 Transferred to Other 0 Arbitration Arbitration 0 Other 0 $10,000 Limit 0 14 14 0 0 Arbitration Juvenile 0 79 73 6 6 $10,000 Limit '46 55 70 31 -15 Domestic Relations 13 227 210 30 17 Juvenile 5 78 78 5 Divorce t\ 0 144 144 0 0 Domestic Relations 2 8 10 0 -2° Orphan's Court 0 0 0 0 Divorce 21 38 57 2 -19 ~ ° Orphan's Court 0 5 4 1 1 i I • Criminal cases returned to active status Indianii 9 ;(~ II 38 /; I 39 - :- _ ~ :":_'-;;;::"_ ;o,:\""-:=c:tr"" 't..,~~ '''' ~~~ ~.-- ~,' - J! ~\ I U I ...t.""_~"' __ :J //'
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Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 JEFFERSON 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population LACKAWANNA 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population J' = Criminal Cases 134 196 195 135 48,303 Criminal Cases 642 813a 1,031 424 -118 5 227,908 Guilty Plea 153 11 Guilty Plea 294 Jury Trial 2 Jury Trial 51 Non-Jury Trial 0 IIr Non-Jury Trial 8 NolPros 22 \i Nol Pros 314 A.R.D. 1 A.R.D. 173 Transferred to Inactive 0 I Transferred to Inactive 131 Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 ! Rule 1100 Dismissal 1 Other 17 Other 59
~, Civil Cases 42 45 48 39 -3 Civil Cases 1,055 1,743 431 \-. 2,367 -1,312 Non-Jury Trial 12 Non-Jury Trial 120 Jury Trial 5 Jury Trial 46 Settled before Hearing 19 Settled before Hearing 234 Settled before Verdict 0 I Settled before Verdict 19 Stricken 0 Stricken 0 Transferred to II Transferred to Arbitration 1 \! Arbitration 1 Other 11 Other 11 Arbitration Arbitration $5,000 Limit 11 29 28 12 1 ~ $10,000 Limit 37 326 321 42 5 Juvenile 9 51 56 4 -5 Juvenile 16 318 251 83 67 Domestic Relations 4 13 17 0 -4 Domestic Relations 58 56 3 2 Divorce 25 124 119 30 5 Divorce 508 694 214 988 480 Orphan's Court 0 0 0 0 0 Orphan's Court 0 89 81 8 8
JUNIATA/ Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 PERRY 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population LANCASTER 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population Criminal Cases 111 202a 239 74 -37 1 54,906 Criminal Cases 2,165 2,322 1,963 2,524 359 6 362,346 Guilty Plea 138 Guilty Plea 1,545 Jury Trial 22 Jury Trial 87 Non-Jury Trial 4 Non-Jury Trial 23 Nol Pros 12 Nol Pros 290 A.R.D. 27 A.R.D. 9 Transferred to Inactive 28 Transferred to Inactive Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 Rule 1100 Dismissal °9 Other 8 Other Civil Cases 87 74 54 107 20 Civil Cases 40 72 89 ° 23 -17 Non-J ury Trial 26 Non-J ury Trial 11 Jury Trial 5 Jury Trial 19 Settled before Hearing 13 Settled before Hearing 55 Settled before Verdict Settled before Verdict 2 Stricken °5 Stricken 1 Transferred to Transferred to Arbitration 1 Arbitration 1 Other 4 Other 0 Arbitration Arbitration $5,000 Limit 13 11 20 4 -9 I $20,000 Limit 85 262 241 106 21 l~ Juvenile 9 77 76 10 1 Juvenile 263 456 411 308 45 \ II,I Domestic Relations 231 413 502 142 -89 1j Domestic Relations 8,161 2,553 1,745 8,969 808 (}~ Divorce 20 144 147 17 -3 Divorce 230 1,170 1,256 144 -86 Orphan's Court 9 61 67 3 -6 Orphan's Court 109 254 232 131 22 /1 • Criminal cases returned to active status • Criminal cases returned to active status Juniata/Perry 8 Lackawanna 52 \J II !/ f I j I ! I 40 ! I 41 1 [ t 1 '.~' _" •.•o..'-,~",..,:-;- . -)--~-, ~ '"
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Inventory Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 Inventory Change Authorized 1980 MIFFLIN 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = Judges McKEAN 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population 1/1/83 81-82 Population a 188 100 50,635 Criminal Cases 65 213a 191 87 22 46,908 Criminal Cases 31 257 69 1"! Guilty Plea 110 Guilty Plea 115 Jury Trial 3 Jury Trial 11 Non-Jury Trial 1 Non-Jury Trial 25 Nol Pros 23 Nol Pros 13 A.R.D. 33 A.R.D. 24 Transferred to Inactive 8 Transferred to Inactive 0 Rule 1100 Dismissal 1 Rule 1100 Dismissal 2 Other 9 Other 1 Cases 12 Civil Cases 83 63 84 62 -21 Civil 36 24 24 12 Non-l ury Trial 3 Non-J ury Trial 5 Jury Trial 3 Jury Trial 5 Settled before Hearing 78 Settled before Hearing 10 Settled before Verdict 0 Settled before Verdict 1 Stricken 0 Stricken 3 Transferred to Transferred to Arbitration 0 Arbitration 0 ':' Other 0 / Other 0 ,I Arbitration Arbitration $2,000 Limit $10,000 Limit 27 42 31 38 11 2 6 3 5 3 Juvenile 303 107 74 336 33 Juvenile 0 41 41 0 0 Domestic Relations Domestic Relations 292 363 254 401 109 0 40 40 0 0 ~ Divorce Divorce 3 87 88 2 -1 17 77 78 16 -1 ' ~ Orpllan's Court 0 0 0 0 0 Orphan's Court 0 84 84 _. ,I) 0 0 • Criminal cases returned to active status a Criminal cases returned to active status Mercer 10 Lycoming 13 Mimin3 McKt 44 45 <."::'''''-;--:-~_::T:-:-:.'~ . :.;;;:..-.:;::r;-.-~'.;:o:. ,,:::.:";:..~.~:..:..~~~.'.':;- __ . <- -" ;.~., .:: ._~':. ~ ' .• ":::-,'.-" ":;";:,":::.-" ~.:..::::.::::-:::-,,,,,.,-.:._:.:;.;>c;:;:7.-. -;:'__ : ~ ,;1';;---:-_. --:~=::;'r.'C::~~-~~[·:o::Y_-.:::;;-.".-~..,..=.7''''~"C·':'''~'·-'''.''L.~"'Et''"¢.'''""''''''--~-"'~,,"'''-'''"~,:,'' ,~ .. ~. ~. ------ ...... ,...~..;;~.... ,,' 11 Ii ~I Table 10: Table 10: Common Pleas Case Volume by County ~ ! Common Pleas Case Volume by County I Inventory Inventory DJange Authorized 1980 \ Inventory Inventory DJange Authorized 1980 I " 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 81-82 Judges Population MONROE 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population NORTHAMPTON 1/1/83 ! Criminal Cases 564 1,271 a 1,456 379 225,418 r Criminal Cases 32 436a 437 31 -1 2 69,409 -185 5 Guilty Plea Guilty Plea 156 782 ~ Jury Trial Jury Trial 23 86 l 11 Non-Jury Trial 10 Non-Jury Trial 147 Nol Pros 182 NolPros 70 I A.R.D. 127 A.R.D. 19 ! 1 Transferred to Inactive 224 Transferred to Inactive 18 I Rule 1100 Dismissal Rule I 100 Dismissal 0 0 I Other 45 Other 4 I 1 i Civil Cases 157 572 560 169 12 Civil Cases 45 158 156 47 2 Ij Non-Jury Trial 14' Non-Jury Trial 117 Jury Trial 20 Jury Trial 39 Settled before Hearing 71 Settled before Hearing 354 Settled before Verdict 8 Settled before Verdict 13 Stricken 9 i Stricken 5 Transferred to 'I Transferred to Arbitration 5 , Arbitration 32 Other 29 11 Other 0 1 ; Arbitration Arbitration ! $10,000 Limit 52 301 43 $5,000 Limit 74 112 123 63 -11 I 292 -9 Juvenile 0 959 959 0 0 Juvenile 14 145 139 20 6 II Domestic Relations 80 1,037 1,060 57 -23 Domestic Relations 279 447 521 205 -74 Divorce 27 88 18 97 70 Divorce 203 185 180 208 5 II Orphan's Court 70 145 129 86 16 Orphan's Court 0 0 0 0 0 II ,f', Inventory QJange II NORTH UMBER· Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 Inventory Authorized 1980 1/1/82 + Filings 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population MONTGOMERY 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges PopJJ!ation 1I LAND - Dispositions = I 100,381 Criminal Cases 1,646 3,866 3,652 1,860 114 14 643,621 II J Criminal Cases 427 501 522 406 -21 2 Guilty Plea 2,338 II Guilty Plea 366 Jury Trial Jury Trial 66 I \ 21 Non-Jury Tnal 0 Non-Jury Trial 89 Nol Pros 94 Nol Pros 227 I A.R.D. 32 A.R.D. 827 I Transferred to Inactive 0 Transferred to Inactive 88 Rule 1100 Dismissal Rule 1100 Dismissal 9 17 Other 0 Other 0 Civil Cases 49 47 25 71 22 3 Civil Cases 1,839 ': ./ 890 1,079 1,650 -189 I1 Non-Jury Trial I Non-Jury Trial 3 44 Jury Trial Jury Trial 93 0 Settled before Hearing Settled before Hearing 754 II 21 Settled before Verdict 0 Settled before Verdict 17 Stricken 110 1 Stricken 0 Transferred to Transferred to 1\ Arbitration 61 I Arbitration 1 Other Other 0 I 0 Arbitration ~l Arbitration $5,000 Limit 37 30 29 38 1 $20,000 Limit 302 1,081 1,108 275 ~27 U. Juvenile 13 176 177 12 -1 Juvenile 42 858 849 51 9 ~;; Domestic Relations 0 73 73 0 0 ~ Domestic Relations 3,041 7,182 6,773 3,450 409 /1 I Divorce 87 35 74 -13 Divorce 1,181 1,789 1,577 1,393 212 22 Orphan's Court 38 138 134 42 4 Orphan's Court 0 877 877 0 0 III • Criminal cases returned to active status a Criminal cases returned to active status I Northampton 155 Monroe 10 I , , 47 46 1 L :~.- -r" ..;>:±: >-_••.• ~. '",- ,~"- -, - ,'" I --:':::':'-;;-:';,,;~~-:':"~-.= .. '~ ;::-::'::::- ---- " .-- ;1 !;.t Table 10: Table 10: Common Pleas Case Volume by County ~ Common Pleas Case Volume by County ,,, Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 PHILADELPHIA 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 POTIER 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population \ 6,997 13,369a 14,133 6,233 764 81 1,688,210 Criminal Cases Criminal Cases a Guilty Plea 4,207 44 85 97 32 -12 17,726 ~ Guilty Plea Jury Trial 457 I, 64 Non-Jury Trial 5,025 Jury Trial 8 NolPros 1,797 I Non-Jury Trial 0 A.R.D. 305 ,I Nol Pros 11 Transferred to Inactive 2,191 A.R.D. 7 I Transferred to Inactive Rule 1100 Dismissal 124 i 6 I Rule 1100 Dismissal Other 27 ! 0 Other 1 Civil Cases 17,069 unavailable 5,351 unavailable unavailable Non-Jury Trial 180 Civil Cases 6 22 21 7 Jury Trial 215 Non-J ury Trial 11 Settled before Hearing 2,106 Jury Trial 2 Settled before Verdict 2,471 Settled before Hearing 1 Stricken 141 Settled before Verdict 0 Transferred to Stricken 1 Arbitration 234 Transferred to Other 4 Arbitration 0 Other 6 Arbitration ! I, Arhitration $20,000 Limit 16,992 27,481 24,470 20,003 3,001 $5,000 Limit 1 8 7 2 1 Juvenile 2,794 28,487 28,404 2,877 -83 1i Juvenile 0 20 19 1 Domestic Relations 21,203 35,488 30,997 25,694 4,491 Domestic Relations 18 108 112 14 -4 Divorce 13,604 6,892 5,908 14,588 984 Ii If Divorce 1 47 43 5 4 Orphan's Court 80 6,073 6,101 52 28 11 Orphan's Court 20 21 0 -1 )1 Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 PIKE 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population II Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 SCHUYLKILL 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Populati,~n Criminal Cases 29 57 41 45 16 1 18,271 I: 'J,..,'_ i Oiminal Cases Guilty Plea 26 144 812 840 116 -28 5 160~i530 I 1 i Guilty Plea 442 Jury Trial 1 I 1 \ Non-Jury Trial 0 f 1 I Jury Trial 37 ! 1 I Non-Jury Trial Nol Pros 6 I i 0 A.R.D. 5 I II Hal Pros 109 Transferred to Inactive 0 A.R.D. 249 Rule 1100 Dismissal 3 1 i Transferred to Inactive 0 Rule 1100 Dismissal 1 Other 0 II 11 Other 2 Civil Cases 0 44 44 0 0 I Civil Cases 293 166 142 Non-Jury Trial 5 I II 317 24 Non-Jury Trial Jury Trial 1 I lJ 8 Settled before Hearing ' I Jury Trial 13 8 I Settled before Hearing Settled before Verdict 5 53 i jei Settled before Verdict Stricken 6 9 Transferred to I Stricken 42 J Transferred to Arbitration 3 11 Other ), 16 Arbitration 1 Other 16 Arbitration Arbitration $10,000 Limit 15 23 )3 15 0 IiII " ,j' I. $10,000 Limit 31 123 122 32 1 Juvenile 14 29 1/37 6 -8 _~J/ 88 I Juvenile 28 192 166 54 26 ~\ Domestic Relations 95 108 115 20 ! if H Domestic Relations 73 899 901 71 -2 Divorce 139 79 64 154 15 ~ Divorce 250 695 529 416 166 Orphan's Court 45 23 27 41 ~4 11 Orphan's Court 26 215 214 27 a Criminal cases returned to active status II Philadelphia 116 ! • Criminal cases returned to active status I Potter 2 () ; 48 I 49 1I! , ... ..:..:..:::.:;..:.:::-.::::.:.::::.:.."':::-:;::::::;~..:. .':'::::::::':::"'::::::::::"':::::".. .::::;:::;:::;-;-c.;. -••.;::':;: .:=::::::::!;::- .:--::::.-;;:;;-:.::!~~;::::-:;-:::.;:-~-_~.-=.:.:;-;',=::>.~!."7.:c~-":::::7;"~~~~":,"=:!r.:-"._:,,::i.-:.:>.::.:..:~':;~~~~.;<;'C.7':~~:-~_.. ,;o - ••.;-~;-:..,.~.:" ~y - ":..:..---."-'-:.::..::::-, ~:-:"'e..:!:.:_.o:.:.-z·=~~,;::;<;.";;'~ .... :;'.:-r-::::;:;;::::.;::.:::::~;-."';" U .3 --~---~-~- ---, ;'\ ,I " \\ Table 10: Table 10: Common Pleas Case Volume by County Common Pleas Case Volume by;(::ounty l ,', ," ~I '\ ~' \~i Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 'I Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 WASHINGTON 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population ',:: TIOGA 1/1/82 '~'IiJ\+l'~ _:gs - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population I Criminal Cases 209 1,678a 1,667 ,,-,,:·220 11 5 217,054 'r Criminal Cases 308 412 537 183 -125 40,973 I Guilty Plea 613 Guilty Plea 417 Jury Trial 16 Jury Trial 11 Non-Jury Trial 118 Non-Jury Trial 18 ,!I I Nol Pros 288 NolPros 58 ,.I A.R.D. 243 A.R.D. 29 Transferred to Inactive 378 Transferred to Inactive 0 I Rule 1100 Dismissal 9 Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 Other 2 Other 4 1 Civil Cases 180 593 621 152 -28 Civil Cases 13 78 83 8 -5 fl Non-Jury Trial l32 r~on-Jury Trial 18 ' I Jury Trial 34 Jury Trial 3 i Settled before f;iearing 352 Settled before Hearing 55 I Settled before Verdict 36 Settled before Verdict 2 Stricken 12 Stricken 0 I Transferred to Transferred to ,c.:.c::"l) , I I Arbitration 29 Arbitration 5 \\ I Other 26 Other 0 \' ! i Arbitration Arbitration I $5,000 Limit 18 255 199 14 56 $10,000 Limit 2 23 22 3 1 I { Juvenile 2 121 109 14 12 Juvenile 5 75 75 5 0 ~ Domestic Relations 304 321 283 342 38 Domestic Relations 187 281 185 283 96 Divorce 74 662 674 62 12 Divorce 11 130 130 11 0 i Orphan's Court 87 355 326 116 29 1 Orphan's Court 5 37 38 4 1 I I ! InventolY Inventory Olange Authorized 1980 Inventory Inventory Otange Authorized 1980 WAYNE 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population VENANGO 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81-82 Judges Population Criminal Cases a 1M,. 89 206 224 71 -18 35,237 Criminal Cases 135 250 209 1/0 41 64,444 ~ Guilty Plea 99 Guilty Plea 112 Jury Trial 7 Jury Trial 22 ~ I"~) Non-Jury Trial 1 Non-Jury Trial 1 II " Nol Pros 19 Nol Pros 13 11 A.R.D. 59 A.R.D. 47 Transferred to Inactive 33 Transferred to Inactive 3 Rule 1100 Dismissal 0 Rule 1100 Dismissal 1 I! Other 6 Other 10 \< Civil Cases 27 71 73 25 -2 \\ 37 Civil Cases 69 43 75 -32 1 Non-Jury Trial 14 Non-Jury Trial 11 Jury Trial 5 Jl,',Iy Trial 7 'I Settled before Hearing 29 Settled before Hearing 50 I Settled before Verdict 7 Settled before Verdict 1 I i ! Stricken 10 Stricken 1 I Transferred to I ! Transferred to I Arbitration 7 Arbitration 3 Other 1 Other 2 I c \' ! Arbitration Arbitration $10,000 Limit 15 50 50 15 0 $10,000 Limit 4~6 25.' 44 27 -19 I Juvenile 8 77 85 0 /fO 1 8 Juvenile I! 35 35 0 0 d Domestic Relations 4 245 249 0 4 ~ Domestic Relations 189 523 477 226 46 Divorce 145 146 151 140 5 Divorce 31 'C', . 238 197 72 41 Orphan's Court 0 0 0 0 3 II () Orphan's Court 2 2 1 11 a Criminal cases returned to active status Washington 70 II Wayne 3 ,----::::)' ,Jf H Jf 53 52 11L '>CO' C ~ .,. -.".~. """""'- ~ ":'_~',:.-;: ::!:_~r:::;,:-::::.::;:;.-,-~~:::.-:;;---' ------~ ------.------_.- - --- r, If.,, i'l ~ Table 10: j Common Pleas Case Volume by County PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL COURT III I I i Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 I .'.1 , i/ i WESTMORELAND 1/1/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population r Criminal Cases 844 1,646 1,486 1,004 160 8 392,294 I Guilty Plea 502 IIil Jury Trial 56 Ij ':1 ;;/''''~. Non-Jury Trial /;-f~, ~ I ".~, 'L ",,--./"/ '\ j I NolProli ~(lg . )! 1 \ 53'j/ A.R.D. IIII ! Transferred to Inactive 1 I As the only special court of record Table 11 Rule 1100 Dismissal 8 Ii in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Philadelphia Municipal Court Caseload 1978-1982 I) I Other 67 ! Municipal Court has 22 judges, all of ~. 1 whom must be lawyers. It has Civil Cases 248 594 559 283 35 II I % Change Non-Jury Trial 188 1 jurisdiction over all criminal offenses, 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1981-82 other than summary traffic offenses, Jury Trial 33 I! t Code Enforcement Settled before Hearing 310 { which are punishable by a term of , Records Received Settled before Verdict 0 imprisonment not exceeding five 25,597 24,852 27,085 33.946 33,263 -2.01 I years. Otherwise, Municipal Court Records Disposed 25,730 25,188 26,745 33,644 32,599 -3.1 Stricken 0 1I Transferred to I has the same jurisdiction as the Records Pending 4,457 4,121 4,461 4,763 5,427 13.94 Arbitration 24 1 district justices, except that civil , Landlord and Tenant Other 4 actions are limited to cases in which claims do not exceed $1,000. Records Received 18,073 18,782 18,683 18,523 16,563 -10.58 Arbitration ./ Records Disposed 18,458 18,350 18,886 18,348 16,989 -7.4 149 735 536 348 199 I $10,000 Limit Records Pending 780 1,212 1,009 1,184 758 -35.97 Juvenile 44 127 118 53 9 i Small Claims Domestic Relations 375 246 180 441 66 I Records Received 26,043 28,179 50,955 29,328 33,462 14.09 j Divorce 105 1,453 1,030 528 423 I Records Disposed 27,504 28,001 48,608 31,191 31.854 2.12 Orphan's Court 152 731 728 155 3 ~ Records Pending 3,799 3,977 6,324 4,461 6.069 36.04 1 --~:~::: ~' i Private Criminal Inventory Inventory Change Authorized 1980 Records Received 10,277 5,619 5,743 ~/155 4,040 7.58 YORK 1/l/82 + Filings - Dispositions = 1/1/83 81·82 Judges Population I Records Disposed 10,277 5,556 5,848 (1,896 I 3,791 -2.69 Records Pending 0 361 256 ll5 364 216.52 Criminal Cases 861 2,749a 2,688 922 61 6 312,963 -t Guilty Plea 1,119 Preliminary Hearings Jury Trial 149 Records Received 10,954 12,895 14,719 15,899 16,169 1.69 Non-Jury Trial I 13 I Records Disposed 10,983 11,790 14,303 15,893 16,542 4.08 Nol Pros 213 Records Pending 1,047 1,655 1,718 1,823 1,450 -20.46 A.R.D. 515 I, Transferred to Inactive 566 l Rule 1100' Dismissal 14 J Table 12 Other 99 I Philadelphia Municipal Court 1 Trials 1978-1982 (jivil Cases 1,154 593 360 1,387 233 1, 1'/ " Non-J ury Trial 46 1 % Change Jury Trial 48 1 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1981-82 Settled before Hearing 18 1 1 Settled before Verdict 5 ! Criminal Cases Stricken 3 Records Received 30,960 28,705 28,182 29,323 32,24461) 9.96 Transferred to I Records Disposed 29,005 28,568 28,182 26,827 32,395 20.75 Arbitration 1 i By Guilty Plea 2,525 3,005 4,272 4,260 3,855 -9.50 Other 1 239 !, Jury Wilived 3,793 2,838 2,930 3,536 5,430 53.56 Arbitration Nolle Pros, 13,139 13,962 11,638 10,785 13,684 26.87 $10,000 Limit 27 139 407 -241 -268 I A.R.D. 9,430 8,467 8,864 7,765 8,889 14.47 ! Other 0 162 478 481(d) 537(b) 11.64 Juvenile 216 1,003 791 428 212 j it I" Adjustments -290 -591 -230 -767 -182(c) \ Domestic Relations 11 1,097 1,063 45 34 1' . Inventory 5,506 5,052 4,822 6,551 6,218 -5.08 l (i:DI. Divorce 70 104 162 12 -58 1 Trial Days 1,272 1,107 1,219 1,306 1,274 -2.45 " j Visiting Trial Days 475 342 290 223 299 34.08 Orphan's Court 19 265 255 29 10 } I ~~: I (a) Includes 1002 previously deferred cases reinstated. a Criminal cases returned to active status York 172 (b) Includes 123 cases transferred to F~mily Court. (c) Cases placed in deferred status. I ! (d) Includes 128 cases transferred to Family Court and 353 cases transferred to other jurisdictions. j 54 ~ 55 ? "."".. -.'''"-c;-,... .,=~~'..";': '-, .. L - ".- -<--:·~-,:-:7':~,.";~"_::;:;;;-'~"',=-':';"-:-r THE PEOPLE'S COURT: DISTRICT JUSTICES Figure 1 Figure 2 District Justice Cases Filed District Justice Cases Disposed Volume in Thousands Volume in Thousands 11 I' 2000 ..IN 2000 1-\0 Table 13 District Justice Case Filings and Dispositions by Case Type, 1982 1982 Filings Case Type 1982 Dispositions 1,197,975 Traffic 1,093,562 271,287 Non-Traffic 235,595 111,759 Summary 102,411 113,614 MisdemeanorI Felony 101,948 191,892 Civil 188,615 4\ 1,886,527 TOTAL 1,722,131 , 56 57 ...... ->~- ''"''-.-'''''~" I} 'J "! I ! I Table 15 Table 14 Philadelphia Traffic Court Case Volume, 1982 District Justice Courts Disposition by Category and Nature of Action, 1982 \ ! Number Issued Number Disposed Revenue 'I.' Non- Misdemeanor/ i I 1, Felony Disposition Percent ! i Traffic Traffic Summary Civil I : Traffic Citations 1,567,033 389,811 $ 6,433,230 Citations Citations Complaints Complaints Complaints Total of Total j ! J I Summons Guilty Plea 890,543 164,735 55,126 1,1l0,404 64.48 Issued 1,050,049 0 Paid IlO,663 3,640,341 Not Guilty 46,437 13,725 5,898 66,060 3.84 II I Paid in Court 10,087 410,306 I Discharged 100,328 Guilty By Trial 46,953 18,012 1l,228 76,193 4.42 Warrants Withdrawal of Prosecution 43,271 14,302 12,673 14,220 89,466 5.20 ~ Issued 500,378 176,837 6,027,865 Substantive Defect 4,524 1,035 257 5,816 3.40 f! Paid \ ! Discharged 27,568 ' ' Unable to Locate 34,201 10,242 7,723 52,166 3.03 I i 1 Totals 3, II 7,460 814,294 $16,511,742 ~ \ Guilty Plea-Misdemeanor 3 7,453 7,453 .43 rj 34,420 34,420 2.00 I Bound to Court at Preliminary Hearing 1: Table 16 Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing Il,848 11,848 .69 Pittsburgh Magistrates Court Case Volume, 1982 Waiver of Preliminary Hearing 22,856 22,856 1.33 City Court I Misdemeanor/Felony cases filed 8,622 Declared Fugitive 2,764 2,764 .16 Summary cases filed 13,009 Miscellaneous citations filed (ordinance violations) 1,203 4,337 4,337 .25 Dismissed without Prejudice I{ , ' t i Housing Court Trial 46,777 46,777 2.72 , Summary cases filed 3,847 Settled at or Before Trial 2,672 6,696 4,322 34,068 47,758 2.77 Traffic Court I 2,405 Judgment by Default 5,349 5,349 .31 I Misdemeanor/Felony cases filed Traffic citations filed (moving violations) 28,190 U 362,916 Closed-No Service 5,349 5,349 .31 I! Parking citations filed Withdrawal of Complaint 3,870 3,870 ! .22 II I 4,065 43,479 ! Other 27,633 5,872 2,810 3,099 2.52 I Table 17 ,I I Summary of Statewide Total by Category 1,093,562 235,595 102,411 101,948 188,615 1,722,131 100.00% i I Special Courts Filings, 1982 % Distribution by Category 63.50 13.68 5.95 5.92 10.95 100.00% II Philadelphia Pittsburgh 11 District Traffic Magistrates Disposition per District Justice 1,978 426 185 184 341 3,1l4 IIL Justices Court Courts Total Traffic 1\ Citations 1,197,975 1,567,033 391,106 3,156,114 Non-Traffic \ 1 Citations 271,281' 271,287* 18,059 Summary <, I! Complaints 1 iI,759 111,754* I~ ~\ 11 Misdemeanor/ II Felony Complaints 113,614 11,027 124,641 ~ \ I !! Civil Complaints 191,892 191,872 I *These Figures do not include Pittsburgh Magistrates Courts. \ I \ 11 59 58 U -.~~.~,,- .. ~. { if 1 ,> Table 18 I Traffic Citations Table 18 Traffic Citations (cont'd.) I .1 No. No. Guilty Guilty Not Wthdrwl. Subs. Un- ! No. No. Guilty Guilty Not Wthdrwl. Subs. Un- County Filed Adjusted Disposed by Trial Plea Guilty of Pros. Defect locatbl. Other I County Filed Adjusted Disposed by Trial Plea Guilty of Pros. Defect. locatbI. Other I I 7,311 3 38 415 Adams 7,642 -30 172 6,220 74 389 Warren 3,294 -11 3,131 156 2,840 23 77 2 3 30 3,058 Allegheny 135,305 -1,215 108,594 7,701 74,816 11,073 5,717 893 5,336 I Washington 24,521 -502 24,083 1,094 16,957 1,589 1,874 137 891 1,541 Armstrong 3,724 15 3,769 178 2,993 176 166 6 4 246 Wayne 2,606 --106 2,481 29 2,225 34 120 0 69 4 18,979 -89 19,309 707 14,188 1,119 1,382 220 1,261 432 I Beaver j Westmoreland 32,395 -62 32,912 1,663 26,344 1,054 1,284 732 411 1,424 Bedford 14,700 -11 14,117 289 12,249 82 546 5 944 2 ! Wyoming 2,670 -8 2,702 108 2,429 21 83 4 2 55 Berks 20~90 0 18:909 807 16:454 435 828 37 167 181 i York 42,433 -363 43,941 1,272 38,008 641 693 61 2,289 977 Blair 8,110 -97 7,907 302 6,805 165 177 18 300 140 Bradford 5,275 -27 5,161 269 4,466 82 156 9 7 172 State Totals 1,197,975 -13,516 1,093,562 46,953 890,543 46,437 43,271 4,524 34,201 27,633 Bucks 64:242 5:839 53:376 2:522 42:775 2:771 2,307 27 879 2,095 11 Butler 12,816 -1 12,067 631 10,538 308 530 10 46 4 Cambria 10,637 -33 10,686 318 8,609 394 499 1 276 589 jl Cameron 797 0 776 29 686 39 22 0 0 0 1/ Carbon 6,736 138 6,496 287 5,486 145 190 5 16 367 Centre 19,435 -1 20,253 584 16,611 369 1,221 3 1,454 11 Table 19 Non-Traffic Citations Chester 54p59 175 541625 21451 46p21 11816 11315 118 1:252 1,652 Clarion 6,461 -31 6,139 158 5,592 59 317 1 0 12 Clearfield 7,040 -31 66,628 214 6,091 68 137 0 0 118 No. No. Guilty Guilty Not WthdrwI. Subs Un- County Filed Adjusted Disposed by Trial PI~1l Guilty Settled of Pros. Defect. locatbI. Other Clinton 81060 -6 7:567 179 6:733 54 283 2 0 316 Columbia 7,534 -38 7,489 182 6,635 142 5 0 185 -?40 Adams 1,431 Crawford 8,466 -121 8,605 278 7,479 78 711 5 20 34 -11 1,459 84 1,146 38 0 116 0 48 27 Allegheny 26,984 -25 Cumberland 22,606 9 23,370 486 19,237 156 547 123 1,731 1:090 22,040 2,762 12,803 2,515 393 1,181 239 1,772 375 2,024 Dauphin 33,969 -2 27,419 824 24,381 432 596 67 830 289 Armstrong -70 2,015 135 1,368 144 18 78 0_ 12 260 Beaver Delaware 115,598 -188 87,997 5,210 61,998 10,388 2,692 709 4,064 2,936 5,191 -3 4,944 251 3,109 273 26 565 84 541 95 Bedford 659 -3 Elk 3 672 7 3:682 117 3 330 55 121 20 35 4 j i 585 50 441 32 3 51 0 6 2 1 2 , , Berks 8,435 3 7 379 594 575 232 Erie 23,065 -10 23,254 755 19,779 685 1,385 15 442 193 ) , 1 5:279 410 6 261 22 Blair Fayette 6,895 -6 5,969 172 5,153 245 186 39 106 68 I; 3,381 -14 3,134 159 2,417 62 59 109 20 291 17 I Bradford 898 Forest 1:080 1 1:042 30 973 7 30 0 2 0 -1 920 91 714 29 3 33 2 3 45 Bucks 15,941 1 436 12 312 Franklin 9,965 -10 9,325 243 8,601 34 331 0 52 64 1 1 1:174 7:983 1,030 189 1,076 24 671 165 i Butler 6,696 0 7,516 421 4,624 161 67 1,827 8 405 3 Fulton 6,569 -480 6,983 114 6,353 30 99 0 0 387 I Greene 2,987 0 2,919 54 2 665 30 167 0 3 Cambria 3,571 -26 3,409 166 2,761 189 6 154 8 67 58 1 0 I ,0 Huntingdon 2,629 -2 2,744 81 2,388 39 110 1 123 2 Cameron 269 246 17 195 12 0 12 10 0 0 1 Carbon 2,042 -31 1,571 236 1,117 79 4 76 8 22 29 Indiana 6,474 -32 5,901 322 5,223 111 160 6 26 53 JJ £\__ ..1.. __ ,.,,, ",,,ann:; 9,968 0 9,051 249 5,217 182 14 2,213 0 1,166 10 Jefferson 6,538 -1,66 6:107 177 5 2635 58 9(5 4 2 1,;).] " <>1Q ..., "'1 n '1 Chester 13,525 4 11,577 985 7:765 1:023 49 999 76 424 256 Juniata .L,.:I ~., 0 .&..,~1..:J 80 2,053 11 69 0 0 0 1 Lackawanna 17,590 -90 13,818 303 11,292 479 618 200 446 480 Ii Clarion 1,488 -9 1,293 91 1,075 19 5 96 0 0 7 Lancaster 51,019 730 39,295 1,060 35,941 364 873 49 346 662 ,Ii Clearfield 1,898 -10 1,515 61 1,304 44 2 81 1 1 21 Clinton 1,086 0 758 56 532 57 Lawrence 6,153 0 5,693 233 4,652 190 222 117 68 211 ! 1 1 109 0 0 3 Columbia 2,026 -]0 Lebanon 12,430 _43 11,492 387 10,231 124 440 20 67 223 Ii 2,199 124 1,701 69 3 158 6 18 120 Crawford 2,145 Lehigh 25,539 53 24,124- 872 20,716 637 755 48 452 644 -6 2,124 109 1,701 45 100 120 5 7 37 Ij Cumberland 4,088 0 3,621 160 2 932 79 27 149 LUzerne 26,325 -24 23,480 829 19,681 1,395 1,103 22 227 223 ' j 1 22 137 115 Dauphin 10,376 Lycoming 15,683 -611 14,932 463 13,379 154 598 5 54 279 0 8,074 495 6,076 351 100 366 5 244 437 Delaware 19,972 McKean 4,002 0 3,986 69 3,596 42 81 27 88 83 -55 15,348 1,739 8,471 ],848 410 2,047 119 432 282 II Elk 480 5 477 36 397 16 7 18 0 1 2 Mercer 14,162 -39 13,579 435 11,715 174 1,158 2 48 47 1 j Erie 6,366 -11 Mifflin 2,693 0 2,469 63 2,246 23 71 ] 1 64 6,295 538 4,388 319 47 431 21 387 164 Fayette 3,207 -11 2,097 122 Monroe 12,450 0 12:338 472 10 4 69 90 946 0 40 321 1,600 87 11 124 1 61 91 2 1I' i Forest 138 0 129 12 Montgomery 140,208 -240 128,162 7,746 98,949 6,010 3,645 561 7,486 3,765 97 2 0 17 0 1 0 Franklin 2,308 -97 2,219 Montour 4,782 -1,068 2,992 103 2,389 24 29 0 244 203 177 1,805 16 37 134 1 1 48 Fulton 234 -2 200 19 151 Northampton 22,756 -81 21,318 724 17,665 703 lzD30 82 754 360 9 0 21 0 0 0 I Greene 225 0 160 6 144 0 !! ) 7 3 0 0 0 Northumberland 6,741 -138 7,830 188 7,175 121 236 0 50 60 Huntingdon 667 0 614 29 Perry 2,075 0 1,990 141 1,750 24 34 5 18 18 ' I 419 16 3 105 2 7 33 Indiana 1,981 -9 1,378 118 723 79 Pike 6,038 0 5:844 172 5:201 103 183 7 158 20 1 6 349 29 51 23 ! Jefferson 1,059 -58 920 85 Potter 1,568 -1 1,560 101 1,377 13 48 4 1 16 780 27 4 23 0 0 1 Juniata 136 0 118 23 Schuylkill 11,024 -139 10,450 333 9,107 233 467 20 21 269 II 83 2 0 10 0 0 0 a\ )' Lackawanna 3,126 -27 2,812 435 1,562 242 Snyder 4,752 -49 4,804 114 4,591 31 20 0 43 5 II 36 263 20 210 44 Lancaster 9,035 93 7,775 273 6,657 175 34 273 Somerset 14,051 206 14,158 358 11,650 196 1,939 5 3 7 21 76 266 ~ r Lawrence 1,907 0 1,788 118 1,184 Sullivan 758 0 671 20 610 7 29 1 4 0 97 18 141 33 99 98 Lebanon 3,631 -10 4,501 3,528 Susqueharina 4,294 0 4,381 77 3,840 42 70 23 325 4 j I 248 141 7 352 11 94 120 Lehigh 5,906 -36 Tioga 5,593 26 13,457 160 12,961 57 86 33 37 123 11 5,133 263 3,639 195 44 227 6 487 272 Luzerne 6,560 -3 Union 4,709 0 4,883 101 4,350 42 67 1 72 250 5,348 275 4,356 272 7l 192 4 119 59 Lycoming 3,687 Venango 7/)87 391 7,897 184 6,991 67 570 3 70 12 II -251 3,254 202 2,214 125 4 379 3 114 213 McKean 930 0 766 17 643 21 1 58 5 7 14 60 continued next page I! 1 I continued next page 61 -~--:;;-,-::::::':';:::' --= -_~ -::-.::.-..:.::::., ~~ ...:,'":.~ ::-:.-_.:~_~ "::.. "::::_-'_,;-,- ~::"""";:,:~"::"'-~b::;~ - -" _.e"-- ,,"---~.--____ .. _,_<'-- ___---, ___ :.::-:::-'_: ::"=" '.':",:-:--:-,-::::::.'. ;:'_._7.:-.:~.~:::'-:'-::.. :-~-: __ :-:.-;::o:: ::,,~ci.:''':':;.~·''---:::::'~::_'_"_-~~-:::::-'::::::,~ _ .• :~~'.-._.~ ___ . -- --0.=- LJ --:-:-;-'-;';;:-,-;,::::::-;-~;-'-:::1::":"-:-'::!-'- --~ -- _. ~ --=-a.=o::ut;".;> ~ rl IJ I Table 20 '- Table 19 I Summary Complaints (cont'd.) Non-Traffic Citations (cont'd.) ! I I No. No. Guilty Guilty Not WthdlWI. Subs. Un- 1 No. No. Guilty Guilty Not Wthdrwl. Subs. Un- II County Filed Adjusted Disposed by Trial Plea Guilty Settled of Pros. Defect. locatbl. Other "" Other County Filed Adjusted Disposed by Trial Plea Guilty Settled of Pros. Defect. locatbI. l' \ I Franklin 920 0 731 42 573 6 27 73 0 2 8 Mercer 4,097 -4 3,782 162 3,171 77 8 294 1 35 34 Fulton 58 0 52 4 32 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 836 63 703 33 0 37 0 0 0 ,I Greene 892 0 745 29 640 15 13 46 0 2 0 Mifflin 928 1 Monroe 2,400 0 2,364 173 1,487 58 92 351 0 83 120 i Huntingdon 274 0 311 11 166 9 38 34 0 13 40 780 262 i Montgomery 22,691 -5 17,764 1,634 12,896 1,222 41 882 47 I Indiana 1,280 -6 1,011 59 630 66 49 74 1 108 24 Montour 251 -34 156 64 60 3 0 26 0 3 0 Jefferson 546 -58 485 66 341 21 29 20 1 0 7 Northamrton 7,584 22 6,311 441 5,002 308 25 259 33 99 144 ) I Juniata 272 -2 204 13 157 9 2 23 0 0 0 Northumberland 2,073 -44 2,090 127 1,629 64 13 119 0 55 83 Lackawanna 2,639 -13 2,173 226 1,055 167 333 242 2 118 30 Perry 546 0 501 47 377 7 1 60 7 I 1 Lancaster 3,192 -49 2,988 134 2A53 46 32 150 0 75 98 Pike 491 0 446 42 359 4 6 31 1 3 0 Lawrence 635 0 694 46 345 70 35 58 19 16 105 Potter 459 0 364 22 292 5 4 19 0 0 22 Lebanon 413 0 375 )3 314 10 2 14 1 13 8 II! ' Schuylkill 3,517 -78 2,985 191 2,235 172 30 276 14 3 64 ! ( I Lehigh 3,471 ~32 2,991 160 1,509 123 101 348 11 504 235 Snyder 452 16 500 24 148 37 234 29 0 28 0 Luzerne 3,944 -1 2,955 397 1,489 231 484 224 2 63 6S Somerset 1,808 -44 1,398 74 1,173 ,~3 5 89 0 2 2 \ i Lycoming 1,156 -114 1,105 49 744 52 9 144 2 48 57 Sullivan 140 0 87 3 69 4 1 4 0 4 2 I I McKean 703 0 597 22 488 28 7 35 1 8 8 Susquehanna 395 0 355 18 253 16 1 49 2 16 0 Mercer 1,707 0 1,577 50 1,178 24 29 231 0 64 1 Tioga 832 -5 726 59 565 30 0 43 3 10 ]6 Mifflin 338 0 361 12 309 10 1 29 0 0 0 79 69 2 24 9 ~ Union 805 0 944 75 648 38 rl Monroe lz070 0 748 84 473 40 54 66 2 13 16 Venango 2,134 219 2,018 90 1,561 43 17 209 1 63 34 j Montgomery 3,986 8 3,033 339 1,263 142 429 335 5 425 95 566 13 5 44 1 1 1 I Warren 715 -5 673 42 1 Montour 63 0 62 3 46 3 5 5 0 0 0 Washington 5,887 -98 5,130 457 2,894 298 15 444 27 372 623 NorthamEton 2,626 -2 2,393 287 1,529 132 128 181 7 70 59 Wayne 273 -7 547 11 236 5 2 101 0 192 0 Northumberland 210 -9 142 10 108 4 9 7 0 4 0 Westmoreland 6,461 -17 6,876 450 4,794 300 34 477 93 210 518 Perry 386 0 387 21 297 9 13 27 4 16 0 " Ii 345 329 29 249 16 2 15 0 6 12 1 I Pike 93 0 137 24 91 15 1 6 0 0 0 Wyoming -6 1 ~ York 10,326 -74 9,339 509 8,267 215 16 229 3 9 91 I Potter 154 -1 139 8 100 3 4 5 0 6 13 Schuylkill 505 -2 476 47 278 15 73 55 1 2 5 State Totals 271,287 -2,946 235,595 18,012 164,735 13,725 2,672 19,302 1,035 10,242 5,872 11 Snyder 369 -30 456 26 90 11 257 20 2 46 4 I Somerset 705 -26 364 23 245 10 21 63 0 1 1 I, !I Sullivan 30 0 40 3 18 3 3 10 0 1 2 Table 20 1 i Susguehanna 181 0 144 9 90 10 15 20 0 0 0 Tioga 522 -33 411 19 246 17 25 77 1 16 10 Summary Complaints 1'7 ,." A Union 296 0 426 .. , "1'+ 18 III 20 2 42 2 Guilty Not WtltdrwI. Subs. Un- U Venangl~ 331 -26 278 12 162 4 47 51 1 0 1 No. No. Guilty .n_...-...;&..- .• n ""--"- ~:I..A A. d:.. ct"..) n:"nr.. , .. d :hv T";al ",Claw of Pros.. nCfecf. IOCatbl. Other j \ ,-uwny &. U"'U -<7 --_. P!~ - ~ui!ty Warren 216 -3 186 31 125 9 8 13 0 0 0 '--J-~- --r~- j Washington 1,966 -58 1,908 232 841 259 97 182 3 98 196 Adams 808 -1 841 40 530 26 13 87 1 137 7 1 Waynr. 287 -13 218 4 147 12 4 34 0 16 1 j Allegheny 16,692 -33 14,951 3,915 4,401 1,507 1,676 1,185 20 1,782 465 Westmoreland 5,472 ,·71 5,476 493 3,177 229 270 405 58 657 187 Armstrong 504 -16 637 66 304 92 42 31 I 3 98 Wyoming 494 --46 550 43 384 23 5 57 4 8 26 Beaver 2,360 -3 2,694 150 1,439 176 144 286 24 473 2 l York 5,062 -73 4,596 244 3,796 113 131 207 5 79 15 Bedford 715 0 575 37 390 32 14 94 6 2 0 1 Berks 2,495 -31 2,475 369 1,115 234 211 251 2 249 44 State Totals 111,759 -968 102,411 11,228 f)5,126 5,898 6,696 12,673 257 7,723 2,810 140 I Blair 1,650 -5 1,749 147 1,251 82 51 66 3 9 I Bradford 632 -2 549 41 391 30 8 69 4 2 4 l Bucks 3,076 -13 2!652 285 646 274 301 607 4 269 266 1 Table 21 ~ 4 Butler 603 0 576 31 327 16 45 41 0 113 3 A. Misdemeanor~~d Felony Complaints Cambria 1,744 -22 1,774 141 1,309 93 37 84 0 90 20 T Cameron 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 No. No. Guilty WthdlWI. Carbon 203 -9 146 34 47 26 9 28 0 I 1 1 County Filed Adjusted Disposed Plea Bound Dismiss Waiver Settled of Pros. Fugitive Other 0 85 7 1 Centre 2,632 0 3,057 53 1,635 50 25 1,202 J Chester 3,116 60 2,905 312 1,688 202 74 242 21 285 81 I Adams 665 -25 588 157 209 24 76 25 70 I 26 1, 13 9 34 0 0 14 ~ Clarion 875 -39 801 25 706 Ii Allegheny 15,237 -39 14,717 309 5,417 3,439 2,027 993 1,889 372 271 \ 1,201 0 844 42 691 16 10 79 0·; 0 6 'I Armstrong 621 -7 589 145 78 Clearfield I· 4 106 56 151 4 45 Clinton 263 0 186 36 136 4 0 1,Q 0 0 0 I Beaver 2,252 -5 2,462 43 500 369 775 29 691 53 2 ~ Columbia 644 -4 772 37 541 52 11 34 0 16 81 1 Bedford 322 0 298 27 57 29 127 14 41 0 3 Crawford 1,364 -64 1,331 101 879 56 80 106 2 48 59 r t Berks 2,605 -5 2 517 53 851 318 1 689 63 393 130 20 Cumberland 1,547 0 1,383 40 1,102 21 45 56 2 114 3 I Blab- 1,614 4 1,479 136 577 123 386 85 165 2 5 Dauphin 10,988 0 1l,067 579 5,478 221 352 3,243 5 1,024 165 1 Bradford 541 -16 551 18 207 45 133 9 113 16 10 4,542 13 4,082 1,032 1,230 415 383 862 5 48 107 i 8,563 Delaware .,. j Bucks -987 61844 24 21393 409 21150 84 614 656 514 Elk 285 -3 274 1.'.' 11 227 11 0 13 0 -, 5 I Butler 1,417 0 1,336 91 257 84 558 214 90 22 20 Erie 3,207 -7 2,697 264 1,558 183 138 239 17 273 25 1 Cambria 1,849 0 1,839 26 438 150 365 143 310 67 340 Fayette 2,124 -129 1,439 127 944 93 100 125 4 27 19 I Cameron 115 0 III 0 73 15 11 0 12 0 0 . Forest 22 0 28 1 18 0 2 6 0 1 0 I 1 contin,~ed naxt page 63 1 i 62 continued next page ".,._.- .,-- -~. ~JT-- ...... "-~ '\ u Table 22 " Table 21 Civil Complaints f .... ·• J} Misdemeanor and Felony Complaints (cont'd.) '.i , ~ ~~./ No. No. Judge By Dismiss Complnt. Wthdnvl. No. No. Guilty II County Filed Adjusted Disposed Trial Settled Default P~iud. Wthdrwn. Closed Other Disr.1iss Waiver Sdtled of Pros. Fugitive Other I: County Filed Adjusted Disposed Plea Bound Adams 1,220 0 1,092 138 237 611 24 10 71 1 41 114 4 39 5 4 1 Carbon 482 -1 421 52 162 Allegheny 23,565 -3 23,629 8,618 2,916 10,462 565 313 681 74 426 22 307 41 123 0 0 175 Centre 1,023 0 943 24 l Armstrong 812 0 951 175 446 20 14 6 115 1,398 187 523 70 673 79 189 Chester 3,345 -126 3,151 32 Beaver 2,786 1 2,680 652 428 1,365 128 55 50 2 126 36 153 18 91 0 6 1 832 63 213 438 20 25 Clarion 485 0 498 68 Bedford 0 770 10 1 21 217 12 84 1 2 2,422 Clearfield 782 -9 650 174 139 Berks 4,625 -30 4,189 947 751 88 107 121 53 51 128 15 62 1 1 Clinton 494 -10 481 50 173 Blair 2,276 0 2,162 459 338 1,239 56 27 36 7 112 114 29 189 2 7 Columbia 801 -7 753 t57 143 Ii Bradford 1,355 0 1,386 118 275 862 43 9 77 2 46 369 18 133 3 37 1,091 -35 1,022 87 329 1 Bucks 131384 -246 142245 32878 22272 52939 275 947 490 444 Crawford 61 255 95 42 1,721 -1 1,540 15 580 103 389 Butler 2,439 0 2,547 520 433 1,254 79 87 154 20 Cumberland 219 249 6 127 i 8,919 0 6,142 2,672 1,673 347 849 Cambria 2,601 0 2,533 533 477 1,315 93 25 84 6 Dauphin 334 1,462 453 354 11 7,169 -44 6,990 31 2,840 1,079 437 ;' Cameron 88 0 82 16 6 56 4 0 0 0 Delaware 113 2 32 1 .\:',0 " 225 0 236 0 58 10 ----"" - Carbon 1,227 0 1,112 146 267 638 28 4 7 22 Elk 133 296 26 74 3,002 -17 2,690 139 903 394 725 Centre 1,957 0 2,133 401 856 504 87 166 111 8 Erie 33 134 39 25 1,458 -1 1,145 9 415 175 315 11 Chester 8,203 2 7,776 1,854 1,408 3,751 105 139 305 214 Fayette 0 20 0 1 'i 68 0 72 12 21 0 18 Clarion 720 26 757 89 155 417 49 9 20 18 Forest 57 218 1 5 933 1 890 1 213 39 356 ! Clearfield 1,711 -2 1,606 195 288 1,080 23 20 0 {l Franklin 9 12 0 0 i 112 -1 118 0 80 8 9 i Clinton 615 0 670 137 95 391 3 38 5 1 Fulton 53 0 IS ,I 0 342 2 82 27 109 54 Columbia 1,110 0 1,064 249 193 577 14 27 4 0 Greene 411 64 0 1 ? 404 0 ~381 51 108 11 135 11 Crawford 2,905 -·6" 2,711 418 577 1,572 26 18 97 3 Huntingdon 28 23 12 2 d 555 0 533 9 242 77 140 Cumberland 2,569 -0 2,469 532 506 1,267 70 33 61 0 Indiana 1 84 6 1 412 -4 330 47 56 13 122 Dauphin 6,836 29 7,418 1,645 1,033 3,642 147 118 324 509 Jefferson 0 9 0 2 52 U 61 0 32 6 12 r Delaware 9,578 2 10,358 4,718 1,583 3,395 194 212 189 67 Juniata 391 9 136 -48 1,947 162 440 366 348 95 ! Elk 553 0 549 42 143 301 10 6 17 30 Lackawanna 2,359 357 6 81 I -63 2,803 280 1,306 177 585 11 Erie 5,276 1 5,068 1,443 949 2,271 136 54 141 74 Lancaster 3,187 166 50 III 0 1,048 118 247 189 143 24 Fayette 1,448 0 ' 1,193 204 179 746 27 15 8 14 Lawrence 964 64 6 388 Ii 1,501 -1 1,697 1 532 53 635 18 Forest 138 0 119 18 43 47 0 2 8 1 Lebanon 91 252 5 137 3,519 -8 2,798 454 921 298 640 Franklin 2,052 2 1,668 174 387 1,049 41 6 4 7 Lehigh 173 12 57 2,2:)3 -17 1,942 164 480 290 657 109 Fulton 456 0 437 59 144 155 28 45 6 0 Luzerne 109 4 28 -55 1,151 180 306 51 435 38 Gr~ene 372 0 320 23 84 180 16 7 4 6 11'coming 1,M4 0 9 -5 753 10 206 45 375 12 96 Huntingdon 706 0 640 90 137 371 20 18 3 I McKean 840 51 92 1,291 198 291 82 94 40 443 Indiana 1,351 0 1,230 228 228 722 10 24 17 1 Mercer 1,322 -77 0 2 230 2 50 7 126 10 33 Jefferson 1,066 0 1,099 181 169 700 31 6 11 1 Mifflin 253 0 7 II 982 189 266 156 103 58 187 16 I Juniata 345 0 357 36 72 233 8 7 1 0 Monroe 959 -1 270 5,821 132 2,318 598 1,589 72 671 171 1 Lackawanna 3,663 -1 3,287 936 613 1,442 95 62 110 29 Montgomery 7,185 -352 0 121 30 26 14 29 0 22 0 1 L'wcaster 7,288 4 6,639 1,208 1,172 3!740 116 128 247 28 Montour 119 0 99 2,067 263 748 174 261 74 353 95 Lawrence 1,434 1 1,329 232 233 756 47 24 25 12 Northampton 2,187 0 2 746 93 194 41 277 49 75 15 n Lebanon 2,609 -6 2,867 321 428 1,410 63 64 64 517 Northumberland 776 -1 1 II 192 7 71 10 50 34 19 0 Lehigh 7,610 -2 6,839 1,330 1,313 3,756 132 90 156 62 Perry 196 0 7 118 10 58 6 11 0 24 2 Luzerne 5,233 6 5,561 1,568 995 2,658 57 77 196 10 Pike 154 0 16 131 1 49 13 19 3 28 2 Lycoming 2,240 -1 2,184 395 486 1,112 26 69 44 52 Potter 123 0 21 14 443 77 349 32 133 11 ~ McKean 1,034 0 1,033 184 202 532 72 6 15 22 Schuylkill 1,155 ---8 1,080 19 49 8 9 0 1 Snyder lj Q 0 118 8 24 11 Mercer 2,574 2 2,360 638 457 1,147 13 41 62 2 65 198 24 116 26 4 ~ 1 Somerset 708 -32 597 22 142 Mifflin 1,158 0 901 179 246 404 31 34 5 2 7 10 4 5 0 2 II Sullivan 42 0 37 1 8 Monroe 2,836 0 3:104 631 942 1 1381 71 57 18 4 29 26 21 45 0 2 j, Susquehanna 204 -1 194 30 41 'I Montgomery 13,757 22 13,155 3,747 2,363 6,183 242 190 367 63 145 27 131 49 102 7 4 Tioga 567 -17 534 69 11 Montour 511 0 361 40 71 247 3 0 0 0 15 102 23 16 3 1 168 0 249 14 75 11 NorthamEton 3,617 0 3,191 11063 616 11329 48 32 98 5 Union 65 1 26 499 -6 481 118 160 18 87 6 !( Northumberland 1,446 0 1,187 269 183 696 24 15 0 0 Venango 18 1 13 317 -4 301 84 79 12 88 6 I II Perry 851 0 795 155 179 433 28 0 0 0 Warren 437 88 399 51 156 2,872 -255 2,494 130 872 361 d Pike i'.: 984 0 1,119 78 190 710 94 11 36 0 Washington 62 0 9 -17 279 4 99 32 70 3 11 Potter 321 0 320 31 94 158 4 1 8 24 Wayne 346 186 ~,1 3,506 43 1,093 573 461 382 690 78 I Schuylkill 1,982 -5 1,886 ·375 400 970 42 13 41 45 Westmoreland 3,611 -104 19 33 35 31 3 1 Wyoming 240 0 228 11 95 Snlder 1,280 -1 1,176 92 699 345 12 11 16 1 ~ 136 1,381 39 222 86 25 York 3,620 -20 3,292 91 1,312 Somerset 1,460 2 1,346 179 229 873 24 8 23 10 Sullivan 115 0 105 13 35 52 1 0 3 1 14,220 2,764 4,065 r 11 1,614 -2,427 101,948 7,453 34,420 11,848 22,856 4,322 ~ Susquehanna 754 0 721 92 177 378 7 13 54 0 State Totals fi II Tioga 924 4 916 97 279 479 6 19 34 2 II Union 757 0 765 145 306 262 18 16 18 0 ,I Venango 1,012 1 1,066 144 208 576 83 17 34 4 ' ,continued next page 65 64 I',I ~~":";=-"(...''-:-'::. l:.-:;;;;::;: .~";:·;:-:;;:r-C1;.·-:-:'~-;:·~~~-"":::::::~'";:::~~- . ,,-." rt-T ." ""t'-~ ~ ',. ""=; ;_._;" ":;:;: ,,-;". 70'''''"' ..,-.,..." .. :;:-. ". '..,.-c:-" .r_~_~~.,-;'"·.~::"" '''-0···· .. ·· >;,-:' ··",,,,,=-='It"·~ r-r""""'-',,--',---...r-;"--""'''·- ',~,. ,:",.0' ~ """,. .,,.'~ " _ r_~'_' _ •• " , · .--... ~ ...... -.. nI Table 22:) I Civil Complaints (cont'd.) COURT FINANCES 1/"'.\ I No. No. Judge By Dismiss CompJnt. County Filed Adjusted Disposed Trial Settled Default Prejud. Wthdrwn. Closed "°t er .:;. .j~ Warren 903 -1 859 112 156 538 21 5 27 -0 Washington 2,544 0 2,229 618 329 1,122 89 37 28 rr 6 Wayne 1,800 -78 1,713 ' 93 344 1,007 36 20 212 1 Westmoreland 5,370 -2 5,432 1,731 755 2,125 183 135 167 336 Wyoming 655 -1 676 93 130 352 87 8 5 1 York 5,993 1 6,173 989 1,221 3,524 94 89 98 158 Hundreds of thousands of people The total amount of fees collected Other items in Table 23 are State Totals 191,892 -485 188,615 46,777 34,068 91,115 4,337 3,870 5,349 3,099 interact with and are affected by the by Appellate Courts for Fiscal Year notable. The almost $1 million courts each year. Yet the Judiciary of (FY) 82-83 is approximately increase for the Superior Court is a Pennsylvania costs taxpayers less $573,000. Fees received by the county re~ult of its expansion from seven to than one half of one percent of all Courts of Common Pleas are not 15 Jildges and the significant increases state government expenditures. included. Although 1982 figures are in cases flIed. not yet available, district justices The Unified Judicial System collected $70,608,843.68 in fines and The state indirectly finances the receives both state and county costs in 1981, 44.3% of which was counties' court costs through a financing. The state pays the salaries remitted to local or county reimbursement program which uses of all judges, district justices and governments. general funds. In FY.82-83 the personnel in both the Appellate Common Pleas Court reimbursement Courts and the Administrative Office The largest single portion of State payments were made on the basis of of Pennsylvania Courts. It also general funds is earmarked for the $70,000 per authorized Common provides substantial reimbursement county reimbursement program Pleas judgeship. In addition, the state for running the county courts, Table 23. Direct exp~nditures for the pays 80% of the higher juror fees including a significant portion of Courts of Common Pleas.and district paid to all Pennsylvania citizens county juror costs. With the justices make up the next largest sitting as trial jurors for more than exception of this reimbursement, the portion of expense; however, 99% of three days. Thesejurors now receive counties support the county court the state's costs for the lower courts $25 per day for their fourth and system. are spent on s.alary and fringe benefit subsequent days of service instead of A breakdown of the distribution of expenses with staff and operations the previous $9 per day. The cost in funds across the three branches of costs funded by county government. FY 82-83 was $1.6 million. government is found in Figure 3. At the appellate level, personnel I Table 23 shows where the money expenses account for 79% of the goes within the judiciary system on a state's cost which cover all fiscal year basis. expenditures. Where does the money come from? I In Pennsylvania, during the past year, the Courts were financed I through a combination of federal, i state and county revenues. Most I federal grants expired during 1982 and provided a much lower amount I than in past years-see Table 24. I I ! I· ,) 66 67 ------~------.------ Table 24 NOTES: Judiciary Funding I. Includes aU e/tpenditures for the AppeUate Where the Money Comes From Courts, Administrative Office and the Minor Judiciary Education Board. Fiscal Year 1981 2. Includes Philadelphia Municipal Court. County County 3. Includes Philaf:lelphia Traffic Court. Courts of District 4. Includes Jury Fee Reimbursement in AppeUate Common Justices Common Pleas Funding. Judiciaryl Pleas2 Offices3 5. Payments received by Counties in 1981 State General Fund pursuant to reimbursement formula: District Appropriation4 $15,787,000 $ 24,597,000 $16,965,000 $23,087,000 Paid May 1981 as Common Reimbursement Program 968,000 25,515,000 Pleas Reimbursement for 1979 0 Courts ofCommon Pleas Federal Grants 33,000 203,000 0 expenditures. Local Funding (Net of $913,000 Paid May 1981 as Appellate Reimbursement Received Reimbursement compared for 1981)5 1,583,000 96,404,000 27,931,000 with actual appellate judge and prothonotary expenditures of Total $18,671,000 $146,719,000 $44,896,000 $2,496,000 which would be reimbursed May 1983 in the Fiscal Year 1982 amount of $1,584,000. State General Fund 6. Payments received by Counties in 1982 District Appropriation4 $18,161,000 $ 25,574,000 $18,295,000 pursuant to reimbursement formula: Reimbursement Program 1,584,000 25,612,000 0 $25,515,000 Paid May 1982 as Common Pleas Reimbursement for 1980 Federal Grants 83,000 54,000 0 Court of Common Pleas Local Funding (Net of expenditures. Reimbursement Received $968,000 Paid May 1982 as Appellate for 1982)6 1,274,000 est. 108,000,000 est. 34,450,000 est. Reimbursement compared with projected 1982 appellate Total $21,102,000 $159,240,000 $52,745,000 judge and prothonotary expenditures of $2,250,000 which would be reimbursed May 1984 in the estimated amount of $1,655,000. Table 25 Fines and Costs Collected by District Justices-1981 ------';~\------Fines Costs Total Commonwealth $27,537,878.55 $ 7,540,674.45 $35,078,553.00 County 1,311,667.46 11,331,901.73 12,643,569.19 Local Government 18,629,103.39 18,629,103.39 Crime Victim Compensation 1,817,495.73 1,817,495.73 Constables 2,440,122.37 2,440,122.37 Total $47.478,649.40 $23,130,194.28 $70,608,843.68 Figure 3 EXECUTIVE Pennsylvania Government FY 82-83 DEPARTMENT General, Special, Federal 98.8% and Other Funds COUNTY JUDICIARY REIMBURSEMENTS DEPARTMENT FOR COURTS 0.5% 0.2% \ LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 0:5% TOTAL: $13,330,000,000 68 r--l Supreme Court Justices Commonwealth Court Judges of the Courts (In Order of Seniority) Judges of Common Pleas Robert E. Kunselman I~ Carbon County Delaware County (Served in 1982) O'Brien, Henry X., Chief Thomas C. Mannix Judicial District 56 Judicial District 32 Listed alphabetically by judicial district t. iI Robert C. Reed Justice Pennsylvania John P. Lavelle, President Judge Francis J. Catania, President Judge fif Crumlish, James c., President Joseph S. Walko Judge Adams County Judicial District 51 j I Centre County Robert F. Kelly, Roberts, Samuel J. Oscar F. Spicer, President ~l-tdge i Bedford County Judicial District 49 Administrative Judge Nix, Robert N. C., Jr. Blatt, Genevieve I1 i Judicial District 57 Rita E. Prescott, ,i , I Charles C. Brown, Jr., President Judge Larsen, Rolf Craig, David W. Allegheny County t I Ellis W. Van Hom, Jr., President Judge Administrative Judge Flaherty, John P., Jr. Doyle, Joseph T. Judicial District 5 David E. Grine Howard F. Reed, Jr., II Administrative Judge McDermott, James T. MacPhail, John A. Michael J. O'Malley, Prdident Judge I Berks County i Judicial District 23 Hutchinson, William D. Mencer, Glenn E. Robert E. Dauer, Chester County Frank T. Hazel Grant E. Wesner, President Judge Judicial District 15 Rogers, Theodure O. Administrative Judge I Domenic D. Jerome Dominic T. Marrone, President Judge Charles C. Keeler Williams, Robert W., Jr. Nicholas P. Papadakos, Thomas J. Eshelman Administrative Judge Joseph T. Labrum, Jr. Superior Court Judges W. Richard Eshelman Robert S. Gawthrop, III R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., !, Melvin G. Levy 1.. Arthur E. Saylor M. Joseph Melody, Jr. Administrative Judge Clement J. McGovern, Jr. \ i Forrest G. Schaeffer, Jr. Charles B. Smith Cercone, William Franklin, Appellate Court Paul R. Zavarella, Anthony R. Semeraro 1 ! John E. Stively, Jr. R. B. Surrick President Judge Prothonotaries Administrative Judge 1 j i I Blair County Leonard Sugerman William R. Toal, Jr. Judicial District 24 Lawrence E. Wood Robert A. Wright Francis A. Barry 11 Beck, Phyllis W, Carl Rice, Esquire Gerard M. Bigley I I Thomas G. Peoples, Jr., President Judge Brosky, John G. Supreme Court, Western Ralph J. Cappy II Clarion County Erie County Cavanaugh, James R. and Middle Districts James F. Clarke Richard A. Behrens Judicial District 18 Judicial District 6 Joseph A. Del Sole III: R. Bruce Brumbaugh Merle E. Wiser, President Judge James B. Dwyer, President Judge Cirillo, Vincent A. Robert A. Doyle Marlene Lachman, Esquire Hester, John P. S. Louis Farino ri Bradford County " Marion K. Finkelhor I! Clearfield County Johnson, Justin M. Supreme Court, Eastern Judicial District 42 Judicial District 46 Jessamine S. Jiuliante Thomas A. Harper I! Richard L. Nygaard McEwen, Stephen J., Jr. District ! Evan S. Williams, President Judge John K. Reilly, Jr., President Judge Livingstone M. Johnson William E. Pfadt Montemuro~ Frank J., Jr. Lawrence W. Kaplan Popovich, Zoran J. Haniel Henry Bernard L. McGinley Bucks County Clinton County Bernard J. McGowan Judicial District 7 Judicial District 25 Fayette County Price, Gwilym A., Jr. Superior Court Judicial District 14 James R. McGregor Paul R. Beckert, President Judge Carson V. Brown, President Judge Rowley, James E. John L. Musmanno Richard D. Cicchetti, President Judge Spaeth, Edmund B., Jr. G. Ronald Darlington, Esquire Emil E. Narick Kenneth G. Biehn Wickersham, Richard B. Commonwealth Court Raymond A. Novak Edward G. Biester, Jr. Columbia-Montour County Judicial District 26 Conrad B. Capuzzi Wieand, Donald E. John W. O'Brien Oscar S. Bortner Joseph H. Ridge Isaac S. Garb Jay W. Myers, President Judge William J. Franks Eunice L. Ross George T. Kelton George H. Ross Edmund V. Ludwig Crawford County Forest-Warren County Superior Court Raymond L. Scheib Harriet M. Mims Judicial District 30 Judicial District 37 Nathan Schwartz William H. Rufe, III P. Richard Thomas, President Judge Robert L. Wolfe, President Judge Senior Judges Silvestri Silvestri Leonard B. Sokolove Henry R. Smith Robert L. Walker Ralph H. Smith, Jr. Franklin-E.l!lh:m County Hoffman,J. Sydney Butler County Leonard C. Staisey Judicial District 39 Montgomery, Harry M. Judicial District 50 William L. Standish Cumberlau.d County George C. Eppinger, President Judge John C. Dillon, President Judge Van Der Voort, Robert Eugene B. Strassburger, III Judicial District 9 Watkins, G. Harold Patrick R. Tamilia Dale F. Shughart, President Judge John W. Keller John H. Brydon J. Warren Watson Floyd A. Rauschenberger 1. Martin Wekselman George E. Hoffer Harold E. Sheely Greene County Stephen A. Zappala Judicial District 13 Richard G. Zeleznik Cambria County Glenn Toothman, President Judge Judicial District 47 Dauphin County Armstrong County H. Clifton McWilliams, Jr., Judicial District 12 President Judge Lee F. Swope, President Judge Huntingdon County Judicial District 33 Judicial District 20 Roy A. House, Jr., President Judge Caram J. Abood William W. Caldwell Newton C. Taylor, President Judge Eugene A. Creany John C. Dowling Beaver County Joseph F. O'Kicki William W. Lipsitt Indiana County Judicial District 36 Warren G. Morgan Judicial District 40 John N. Sawyer, President Judge Cameron-Elk County Clarence C. Morrison Earl R. Handler, President Judge 70 Judicial District 59 Paul B. Greiner, President Judge Robert C. Earley 71 ~-~ ------~ ----~------~------~--- Jefferson County Lycoming County Philadelphia County Ja~nes D. McCrudden Venango County Senior Common Pleas Judicial District 54 Judicial District 29 Judicial District I William Porter Judicial District 28 Edwin L. Snyder, President Judge Thomas C. Raup, President Judge Edward J. Bradley, President Judge Lawrence Prattis William E. Breene, President Judge Judges Iit, Paul Ribner (Served in 1982) Clinton W. Smith Nicholas A. Cipriani, Listed alphabetically by county Juniata-Perry County Lisa A. Richette Robert J. Wollet Administrative Judge Washington County Judicial District 41 Edward B. Rosenberg Allegheny County Charles P. Mirarchi, Jr., Albert F. Sabo Judicial District 27 Keith B. Quigley, President Judge Hugh C. Boyle Administrative Judge David N. Savitt Charles G. Sweet, President Judge McKean County 11 Henry Ellenbogen Edmund S. Pawelec, Judicial District 48 Harvey N. Schmidt Loran L. Lewis Administrative Judge II John F. Bell Lackawanna County J Thomas N. Shiomos Maurice Louik Richard E. Brandow, President Judge Thomas D. Gladden Judicial District 45 Paul Silverstein William S. Rahauser Samuel L. Rodgers Edwin M. Kosik, President Judge Lynne M. Abraham Theodore B. Smith, Jr. Samuel Strauss Thomas J. Terputac Mercer County Bernard J. Avellino Bernard Snyder Frederic G. Weir S. John Cottone Judicial District 35 Francis A. Biunno i Juanita K. Stout \ James M. Munley John Q. Stranahan, President Judge Edward J. Blake Harry A. Takiff Wayne County Daniel L. Penetar Alex Bonavitacola Paul A. Tranchitella Beaver County I Judicial District 22 James J. Walsh Joseph P. Braig Evelyn M. Trommer Frank E. Reed Albert E. Acker Robert J. Conway, President Judge John L. Braxton Michael E. Wallace J. Quint Salmon Francis J. Fornelli Joseph C. Bruno Thomas A. White Lancaster County II Berel Cae1iar Calvin T. Wilson Westmoreland County Judicial District 2 Bedford County Herbert R. Cain, Jr. I Charles Wright Judicial District 10 Anthony R. Appel, President Judge Mifflin County l Richard C. Snyder Judicial District 58 Vito F. Canuso \ Jerome A. Zaleski Richard E. McCormick, President Judge Francis A. Searer, President Judge Curtis C. Carson, Jr. I Ronald L. Buckwalter Paul M. Chalfin Daniel J. Ackerman Berks County D. R. Eckman John J. Chiovero li Pike County Donetta W. Ambrose James W. Bertolet Wayne G. Hummer, Jr. Monroe County Eugene H. Clarke, Jr. Judicial District 60 Joseph A. Hudock Frederick Edenharter Paul A. Mueller Judicial District 43 Nicholas M. D'Alessandro Harold A. Thomson, Jr., President Judge Charles H. Loughran Warren K. Hess Michael J. Perezous James R. Marsh, President Judge Paul A. Dandridge Charles E. Marker Gilfert M. Mihalich Armand Della Porta Potter County Bucks County Ronald E. Vican .~~ Bernard F. Scherer Lawrence County Nelson A. Diaz Judicial District 55 John J. Bodley Judicial District 53 Alfred J. DiBona, Jr. Harold B. Fink, Jr., President Judge Lawrence A. Monroe Victor J. Dinubile, Jr. I' Glenn McCracken, Jr., President Judge Montgomery County ! York County Edwin H. Satterthwaite Charles L. Durham j Judicial District 38 Judicial District 19 William A. Dwyer, Jr. J Schuylkill County Francis X. Caiazza Richard S. Lowe, President Judge Robert 1. Shadle, President Judge Lois G. Forer j Judicial District 21 Butler County ,1 Guy A. Bowe, Jr., President Judge Mason A vrigian Abraham J. Gafni George P. Kiester Lebanon County Anita B. Brody John A. Geisz 11, James E. Buckingham Judicial District 52 Donald D. Dolbin Lawrence A. Brown Eugene Gelfand Emanuel A. Cassimatis G. Thomas Gates, President Judge George W. Heffner Cambria County Horace A. Davenport Murray C. Goldman Joseph E. Erb John E. Lavelle George W. Griffith William T. Nicholas Bernard J. Goodheart John T. Miller Robert J. Eby I Joseph F. McCloskey Samuel W. Salus, II Levan Gordon John F. Rauhauser, Jr. John A. Walter \) Anthony J. Scirica Stanley M. Greenberg h Carbon County Joseph H. Stanziani Angelo A. Guarino Snyder-Union County Albert H. Heimbach Lehigh County Louis D. Stefan 111eodore S. Gutowicz judicial District 17 Marvin R. Halbert ,j Judicial District 31 Alfred L. Taxis, Jr. r A. Thomas Wilson, President Judge Clearfield County Doris M. Harris Martin J. Coyne, President Judge Robert W. Tredinnick John A. Cherry William W. Vogel LOlli~ G, Hill I! William H. Yohn, Jr. Leonard A. Ivanoski Somerset County John E. Backenstoe George J. Ivins Judicial District 16 Clinton County Maxwell E. Davison Ricardo C. Jackson I Charles H. Coffroth, President Judge Abraham H. Lipez James N. Diefenderfer Northampton County Judith J. Jamison James K. Gardner Judicial District 3 Norman A. Jenkins Norman A. Shaulis David E. Mellenberg Alfred T. Williams, Jr., President Judge Leon Katz Dauphin County II Homer L. Kreider Julian F. ~ing SulIivan-Wyoming County Michael V. Franciosa Richard B. Klein Luzerne County Robert A. Freedberg I Judicial District 44 Judicial District II I. R. Kremer Delaware County Richard D. Grifo Roy A. Gardner, President Judge Robert J. Hourigan, President Judge Stanley L. Kubacki Louis A. BJ"'om Franklin S. Van Antwerpen Gregory G. Lagakos Joseph W. DeFuria Bernard C. Brominski Robert A. Latrone Susquehanna County John V. Diggins ~ /1 Judicial DiG'ict 34 Arthur D. Dalessandro Northumberland County William J. Lederer ,! Samuel M. Lehrer Donald O'Malley, President Judge Chester B. Muroski Judicial District 8 Erie County Peter P. Olszewski Peter Krehel, President Judge Charles A. Lord Eugene E. Maier Edward H. Carney Bernard J. Podcasy Tioga County William M. Marutanii II Patrick J. Toole, Jr. Samuel C. Ranck Judicial District 4 William J. Mazzola Fayette County 11 Robert M. Kemp, President Judge James A. Reilly 72 II 1j 73 Ll ------ ,~ '1;-:;lI~.\::':'~_-::;~~~ 1 ,( I 1 Chester County 0 Dauphin County Erie County I Indiana County Lebanon County Mercer County John R. Blackburn. Jr. Lawrence E. Alvord Frank Abate, Jr. Angelo C. Cravotta John F. Arnold Francis W. Brown Donald C. Brown Mary E. Cross Joyce K. Dunn (I Louis J. Nocco Catherine M. Coyle William M. Coleman John F. Catanese Paul H. Hardy James J. Dwyer, III Richard G. Orendorff Lucy A. Dinunzio Joseph V. Gabany Larry R. Fabrizi J C. Burtis Co.xe WiIIiam G. Heckman I Ge ....dldine M. Wilkins Jacob D. Ensminger George E. McCandless MitcheIl G. Crane Samuel J. Magaro Mary J. FuIler Lee R. Lehman Frank J. Tamber Eugene J. DiFilippo. Jr. Joseph S. Pinamonti. Jr. Harry L: Joslin Jo Ann Shultz WiIIiam J. Hauck William P. Rathfon L. Elliott Lefaiver. Sr. I Jefferson ('ounty Mary M. Spannuth Earl M. Heald Steven M. Semic Carmelita H. Munsch I), Guy M. Lestet Mifflin ('ounty Carl W. Henry Robert G. Shue Peter P. Nakoski, Jr. I George B. Miller Barbara A. Clare I John T. Jeffers Joseph S. Solomon Patsy A. Nichols I Bill G. Wescoat Lehigh ('ounty Rick A. Williams Robert G. MuIl Marlin E. Strohm Kathryn L. Pohl i Ralph H. Beck Armand Pomante Edward R. WiJIiams Samuel U. Rossiter I William H. Burdette A. I Juniata ('ounly Monroe ('ounty George Zozos Robert C. Saxton, Jr. Charles A. Deutsch Susann E. Welsh A. Betty G, Gingrich Earl R. Ammerman Charles F. Smith Edward R. Ernst I Marian S. Mertz Glenn A. Borger Ronald E. Stuck I Wilbur K. Gilbert Clarion County Delaware County Dale A. Keenhold John A. Vendetti Edward E. Hartman d Henry McCool Virginia C. Dibble Garland W. Anderson Charles R. Wise Ii Janice B. Hettinger Lnckawanna Countl Clara Pope Alta L. Hamilton Albert J. Berardocco Eugene T. Cadden Joseph J. Maura Charles S. Bottino Eleanor K. Randolph Norman E. Heasley 11 George E. Clark, Jr. Edward F. Pressmann William L. Brown, Jr. Fayette County Emanuel Scavone Paul Matson )1 Francis P. Eagen, III Theodore L. Russiano Robert W. Burton Oliver F. Battaglini ·1 Marjorie J. Shumaker Ferdinand A. Grunik Marybeth Shankweiler Michael G. Cullen Lawrence Blair Clearfield County Daniel J. KeIleher James E. Stahl Robert H. Dewey Richard A. Grimm James P. Kennedy Charles J. Trinkle Montgomery ('ounty William M. Daisher Joseph L. Di Pietro Charles F. Hartz /1 Mary A. McAndrew John J. Zettlemoyer, Jr. Elaine J. Adams Wesley J. Read William J. Dittert, Jr. Grant Nicholson ! John J. Mercuri Charles A. Dasch Michael A. RudeIla Paul Ewaka Colleen G. Rosenberger I Robert E. Vogle Carmen D. Minora George .t Eastburn, Jr. Joseph V. Gessler Michael Rubish I Luzerne County I John E. V. Pieski Richard E. Evans Martin J. Kerns Paul Shenal I Richard P. Adams Michael S. Polizzi Walter F. Gadzicki. Jr. Thomas J. Lacey Anthony A. Shuli Joseph M. AugeIlo Clinton County \ Frank F. Talerico James B. Huntei' Dewey laRosa Eugene J. Simon Burton E. Balliet Kevin R. Dwyer Donald A. Yurgosky Robert P. Johnson Gerald C. Liberace Andrew E. Turick Andrew Barilla, Jr. C. David Gilmore Robert L. Kulp Gregory M. Mallon Rick C. Vernon John A. Bednarz Carl R. Hamberger i Francis J. Lawrence Leon J. Mascaro Lloyd A. WiIIiams Michael J. Collins Lancaster County Henry M. Liss C. Walter McCray, Jr. ! Michael T. Conahan Joseph \V., Bledsoe Bernard J. Maher Columbia County Leonard M. McDevitt Patrick L. Cooney Forest County Gilbert R. Book Albert T. Maynard. Jr. William L. Breech Carl J. Melone Gerald L. Feissner I James R. Burie Donald B. McIntyre Donna J. Coombe Kenneth N. Miller Regis A. Fleming I Earl S. Gregory Stella V. Caldwell Nancy W. Moore Delbert L. Pennypacker Francis J. Murnaghan Arthur D. Sager Leonard Harvey Robert P. Dryden Gloria M. Morgan Nickolas B. Piazza Clarence B. Nesbitt, Jr. Bernard J. Hendrzak James L. Garrett John S. Murray. III Charles G. Nistico Harold E. Greiner John J. Hopkins Franklin County I Grant Musselman George W. Paige Carmen J. Maffei Crawford County James L. Campbell Nancy G. Hamill Kenneth C. Nonnenman Joseph E. Palma II Robert Marshall Wendell A. Bennett David E. Hawbaker Edward A. Hermesky James L. O'Brien John J. Perfetti Viola S. Mrochko Ron~ld A. Cole, Sr. Bruce C. Ingels Murray R. Horton Leroy S. Oelschlager Nicholas Sellers U Leonard C. Ol:linski Maurice L. Dickson John R. Ommert William A. HUll, Jr. M. William Peterson Robert M. Shaffer Ronald W. Swank Carol Good Mabel Shoemaker Doris R. James William W. Reed Henry J. Silva Edward Verbonitz Robert J. Leonhart J. William Stover Arden I. Kopp Donald O. Riehl Peter P. Tozer Joseph Verespy Harry E. Randall John W. MilleI' Carroll A. Rosenberger Anthony M. Truscello Richard 1.. Reeser Estelle S. Reisner ~Fulton J01m T. Sachaczenski David T. Videon Coullty \ William G. Reuter Lycoming ('ounty Robert A. Saraceni Dorothy S. Brantner ~II Richard A. Sheetz cumberland County Linda M. Hershey Dean E. Dawes James W. Speers Elk County I Marilyn E. Stoner John M. McDermott Caroline C. Stine Chester H. Brymesser Carol J. Johnson Mary F. Wilkinson Daniel T. Brahaney Gerald A. McGee Edward J. Carl \ Louise B. Williams Esther M. Cohick Elizabeth J. Friedl I .' C. Roger McRae Greene County ,)foseph F. Orso, Jr. Montour County Donald W. Daihl Emil Bertugli I Robert B. Geiger Robert B. Failor Lawrence County Anne R. Hughes Samuel A. Battaglia Glenn R. Farner John C. Watson I, McKean County Ronald E. Klair ;r Ernest M. Crawford, Jr. J. Alden Anderson Meade G. Lyons 1 Ruth E. French David D. f-"eheiey I.. Huntingdon County Betty Lou Kradel John D. Geibel Daniel S. Davis Robert L. Zedaker Kenneth M. Jadlowiec Gretchen A. Krouse John H. Yoder James H. Kyper N. Dale Wakefield I I I 76 I 77 ---~-.-. ~ ~~ 7~·' P .~~ .-:-., __ "::;_-::- ',". '" --., - "_ ... - ._-- ,.+-" - -_. • <- ",~. "- .. . "-- --"~~.-'~"-.-'~-'-~' -" ,.- ---".~ - 11 Ci """",,,,~:,"~~J: I i ,1 I 'j,. Distdct Court Administrators District Justice Court Administrators Northampton County Somerset County Westmoreland County (AJphab-·,.;h-,.al by County) (Alphabetical by County) Walter F. Auch, Jr. Jon A. Barkman Jeane C. Anderson (Serving as I),f l)ecember 31, 1982) (Serving as of December 31,1982) Elmo L. Frey, Sr. Frances L. Cornish Anthony Angelo N:m,e County Name John Gombosi Anthony F. Muscatello John F. Billy County t Adams Mary L. Mummert ! William B._Griffith Robert M. Philson Buddy P. Cipolla Adams Mary L. Mummert Sherwood R. Grigg William H. Roush Frank Del Bene, Jr. Allegheny Charles H. Starrett, Jr. Allegheny Regis C. Welsh Michael J. Koury Lois L. Diehl Armstrong Beatrice M. Livengood Armstrong Beatrice M. Livengood Samuel L. Kulp Sullivan County Lawrence J. Frenzi Beaver John A. Clarke, Jr. Beaver John A. Clarke, Jr. Joseph N. Leo Milo D. Clinton Michael P. Giannini Bedford William K. E. Kauffman Bedford William K. E. Kauffman Pat J. MaraguIia Francis M. Mc(\.rty William S. Guido Berks (Crim. Ct.) Jeffrey K. Sprecher Berks Jeffrey K. Sprecher Stephen J. Marcincin Donald C. Japalucci Berks (Civil Ct.) John H. Rhein Blair Michael D. Reighard Adrianne L. Masut Ernest M. Johnson Blair Michael D. Reighard Bucks Charles L. Gross Susquehanna ().lunty Dennis J. Monaghan, J. Bruce King Bucks H. Paul Kester Butler Bette M. McAnany Barbara A. Obelenus Elizabeth A. Romig, Michael R. Mahady Butler Bette M. McAnany Cambria S. R. DiFrancesco Kenneth W. Seamans James F. Stock las James H. Mann, Jr. Cambria Robert Allison Carbon Alberta M. Boyle MaIjory A. Wheaton Harold R. Weaver, Jr. Terry R. Marolt Carbon netty Ann Rader Centre Lawrence C. Bickford Martha Medich Centre Lawren~ C. Bickford Chester Beverly Niquette Shirley A. Miller Charles it. Hostutler Clearfield Margaret R. Smith Northumberland County Tioga County Chester Michael 0. Moschetti Clearfield Margaret R. Smith Clinton Richard K. Sweeley Wade J. Brown William A. Buckingham Robert E. Scott Richard K. Swedey Columbia-Montour Frederick T. Trump Kenneth R. Fairchild William G. Farrell Clinton C. McKee Speer Frederick T. Trump Cumberland Ronald E. Johnson Michael F. Mychak Eleanor Trask Columbia-Montour Margaret I. llumac Bernice I. Duke Dauphin Roger B. Williamson Wilbur L. Reddinger. Sr. Cumberland Raymond E. Tubbs Dauphin Lucy J. Cremonesi D~laware Donald S. Guthrie Union County nelawure Dennis L. Metrick Elk Joseph Brunner leo S. Armbruster Perry County Elk Joseph Bnmner Erie Richard D. Agresti William D. Yohn Wyoming County Jane R. Dyar Erie (Civil Div.) Theodore G. Miller Fayette Eleanor V. Sementa Leo P. COI~way. Jr. Donale: F. Howell Erie (Crim. Div.) Q. Gregory Orlando Franklin-Fulton William A. Sheaffer Patricia A. Robinson Howard R. Maguire Fayette Eleanor V Sementa Greene Wanda B. Smith Vel1anl~o County Marion J. R Judicial District Judicial District Senior Common Pleas Myers, Jay W. 26 $plcer, Oscar E 51 Judicial District I, Narick, Emil E. 5 Staisey, Leonard C. 5 Judges Lewis, Loran L. 5 \." Nicholas, William T. 38 Standish, William L. .. 5/ judicial District Lipez, Abraham H. 25 i: Novak, R~ymond A 5 Stanziatd, Joseph H. "38 I Anderson, Levy I Louik, Maurice 5 Nygaard, Richard L. 6 Stefan, Louis D. 38 Bertolet, James W. 23 \I MaImed, Edwin S. O'Brien, John W. 5 Stively, John E., Jr. 15 1 Bigelow, Richa~'d L. 11 McDevitt, John J., m I O'Kicki, Joseph E 47 Stout, Juanita K. I Bloom, Louis A 32 Meade, John R. I II Stranahan, John j Olszewski, Peter P. Q. 35 Bodle.y, John J. 7 Monroe, Lawrence A J 7 O'Malley, Donald 34 Strassburger, Eugene B., pI 5 Boyle, Hugh C. 5 Morris, Robert M. Sugerman, Leonard 54 O'Malley, Michael J. 5 15 r Brown, W. Hensel 2 Murphy, Joseph T. 1 5 Surrick, R. B. 32 Papadakos, Nicholas P. I Bucher, Wilson 2 O'Neill, Jerome A ] Pawelec, Edmund S. I Sweet, Chill-Ies G. 27 Carney, Edward H. 6 Rahauser, William S. , IJ 5 Penetar, Daniel L. 45 Swope, Lee E 12 Cherry, John A 46 Reed, Frank E. 36 Peoples, Thomas G., Jr. 24 Takiff, Harry A I Davis, Fred W. 43 Reilly, James A 14 Perezous, Michael J. 2 Tamilia, Patrick R. 5 I, \ DeFuria, Joseph W. 32 Rosenberg, Samuel H. I Pfadt, William E. 6 Taxis, Alfred L., Jr. 38 u Diggins, John V. 32 IJ Rosenwald, Edward I Podcasy, Bernard J. II Taylor, Newton C. 20 I Doty, Ethan A.~ I Salmon, J, Quint 36 Porter, William 1 Terputac, Thomas J. 27 ~ Edenharter, Frederick 23 II Satterthwaite, Edwin H. 7 Pt:attis, Lawrence 1 Thomas, P. Richard 30 Ellenbogen, Henry 5 Scheirer, Henry V. 31 Prescott, Rita E. 32 Thomson, Harold A, Jr. 60 I Greevy, Charles E 29 .-. Schwartz, Benjamin W. 1 Quigley, Keith B. 41 Toal, William R., Jr. 32 Griffith, George W. 47 Sculco, L. A 10 Ranck, Samuel C. 8 Toole, Patrick J., Jr. 11 j I Heimbach, Albert H. 56 Shoyer, Kendall H. I Rauhauser, John E, Jr. 19 Toothman, Glenn 13 Henderson, John F. 53 Smillie, Frederick B. 38 Raup, Thomas C. 29 Tranchitella, Paul A I II Hess, Warren K. 23 Snyder, Richard C. 57 Rauschenberger, Floyd A 50 Tredinnick, Robert W. 38 ! Hirsh, Ned L. I Sporkin, Maurice W. I Reed, Robert C. 36 Trammer, Evelyn M. !\\ I Kalish, Jacob I Stern, James L. I Reed, Howard E, Jr. 32 Van Antwerpen, Franklin 8.1 '3 Kiester, George P. 50 Strauss, Samuel 5 Reilly, John K., Jr. 46 Van Hom, Ellis W. Jr. ' 57 I Klein, Charles 1 Trembath, Robert W. 44 Ribner, Paul 1 Vican, Ronald E. 43 \\ r Koch, Kenneth H. 31 Ii ! ; Webb, Charles G. 4 Richette, Lisa A I Vogel, William W. 38 '.1 I' Kohler, Richard E. 19 Weir, Frederic G. 5 Ridge, Joseph H. 5 Walker, Robert L. 30 Kreider, Homer L. !, !'. 1.2 Williams, Arlington W. 43 Rodgers, Samuel L. 27 Walko, Joseph S. 36 Lehman, Paul S. 58 Rosenberg, Edward B. I Wallace, Michael E. I t ! Ross, Eunice L. 5 Walsh, James J. 45 j n Ross, George H. 5 Walter, John A 52 Rufe, William H., III 7 Watson, J. Warren 5 11, , Sabo, AlbertE 1 Wekselman, I. Martin 5 I jl Salus, Samuel W., II 38 Wesner, Grant E. 23 II Savitt, David N. 1 Wettick, R. Stanton, Jr. 5 I Sawyer, John N. 36 White, Thomas A. I l }I Saylor, Arthur E. 23 Williams, Evan S. 42 ! i I Schaeffer, Forrest G., Jr. 23 Williams, Alfred T., Jr. 3 }" C f i Scheib, Raymond L. 5 Wilson, Calvin T. I I j I ·1 ! 10 Wilson, A Thomas Scherer, Bernard E 17 Ii Schmidt, Harvey N. 1 Wiser, Merle E. 18 ! i Schwartz, Nathan 5 Wolfe, Robert L. 37 Scirica, Anthony J. 38 Wollet, Robert J. 29 I II Searer, Francis A 58 Wood, Lawrence E. 15 I bl Semeraro, Anthony R. 32 Wright, Robert A 32 I I Shadle, Robert I. 19 Wright, Charles 1 I "\\,- Shaulis, Norman A 16 Yohn, William H., J1\, 38 !, \ Sheely, Harold E. I 9 Zaleski, .Jerome A .- Shiomos, Thomas N. 1 Zappala, Stephen A .;..' , 5 Shughart, Dale E 9 Zavarellt:, Paul R. 5 II Silverstein, Paul 1 Zeleznik, Richard G. 5 ' I Silvestri, Silvestri 5 r! Smith, Henry R. ;; I I Smith, Clinton W. ~9 1,1 Smith, Charles B. 1.5 H., 5 ri Smith, Ralph Jr. ! 1 Smith, Theodore B., Jr. 1 ; I Snyder, Edwin L. 54 II * I Snyder, Bernard 1 U1 ' Sokoiove, Leonard B. 7 j'if] ! I 1 j 82 ' 1 I' 83 _.:L:I~_- -:C-,.",""" ,- ,~ I " •. ~",'-< ••"-"'<-'-'-.,., .. >:-~--~-, or '''''"''>''--_'''-~'''~T .",~-~ ~"~..,,- .~--,- "~r-'---'~~".-:---"~.-,":,-,,~"•. --,,j !,-,'" ~ ,-,.-::-!- - '1I.,-~.~'~A-"';_"'7_'r." ,,,-~' ~ ! .::rr.-.. :::; .. :-- -",t >, ~r-~~~ ';"'r'];7':'.-::~-:r-::::-::;;::";'.,:-'!-;::;~::7:.' • I i <"'1 -~ -~------ 11 -"".~,:::,:,~", ,t f] ,j :.1 I Judicial District Judicial District Judicial District District Justices 1 Groman, Oliver A 7 Komaromy, Paul, Jr. 5 McCandless, George E. 35 (Served durinz 1982) I Grunik, Ferdinand A. 45 Kopp, Arden I. 2 McCarthy, Richard K. 5 Guido, William S. 10 Koury, Michael J. 3 McCarty, Francis M. I Judicial District Judicial District Judicial District 44 ! Guyer, Charles O. 57 Kradel, Betty Lou 53 McCool, Henry 43 \: Abate, Frank, Jr. 6 Burton, Robert W. 32 Dixon, Harold C. 19 II Hamberger, Carl R. 25 Kreskosky, Mike 47 McCray, C. Walter, Jr. 32 " Adams, Elaine J. 38 Cadden, Eugene T. 45 Dorminy, Doris M. 23 II Hamill, Nancy G. 2 Krouse, Gretchen A 20. McDermott, John M. 29 Adams, Richard P. II Caldwell, Stella V. 2 Dryden, Robert P. 2 Hamilton, Alta L. 18 Krug, Alice M. 47 McDevitt, Leonard M. 32 Ake, Denver K. 24 Camberg, William G. 24 Dunn, Joyce K. 6 II Hanley, James J. 5 Kulp, Samuel L. 3 McGee, Gerald A 29 Alvord, Lawrence E. 12 Caminiti, Domenic A 24 Dwyer, Kevin R. 25 Il Hardy, Paul H. 12 Kulp, Robert L. 38 McGraw, Thomas 27 Ambrose, Eileen H. 5 CampbeU, James L. 39 Dwyer, James J., III 6 Hartman, Edward E. 31 Kurta, Andrew 5 McGraw, Elaine M. 5 Ammerman, Earl R. 43 Carl, Edward J. 9 Dyar, Jane R. 41 I] Hartz, Charles E 14 Kyper, James H. 20. McIntyre, Donald B. 38 Anderson, Jeane C. 10 Carlett, Allan D. 37 Eagen, Francis P., III 45 Harvey, Leonard 11 Laabs, Dorothy C. 22 McRae, C. Roger 29 Anderson, J. Aiden 48 Carnicella, Anthony A. 47 Eastburn, George R., Jr. 38 i Hauck, WiIIiam J. 15 Lacey, Thomas J. 32 Medich, Martha 10 Easton, Edward L. 55 1 Hawbaker, David E., Anderson, Garland W. 32 Casper, Raymorld L. 5 •" 39 Lakas, Joseph V. 36 Melograne, Jules C. 5 Angelo, Anthony IO Catanese, John E 15 Edkins, Sally A 5 ! Heald, Earl M. 15 Lam, Roy L. 19 Melone, Carl J. 32 Aquilio, Daniell., 111 42 Cercone, David S. ~~ Ensminger, Jacob D. 52 !, i Heasley, Norman E. 18 Larosa, Dewey 32 Mercuri, John J. 45 27, Ernest, Edward R. 31 Heckman, William G. Armbruster, Leo S. 17 Checca, Roland M. I, I 12 Lawrence, Francis J. 38 Mertz, Marian S. 41 Arnold, John E 52 Cipolla, Buddy P. Io.\. Estep, Roger A 19 Hendrzak, Bernard J. II Leaver, Clyde c., Jr. 7 Mihalic, Stephen D. 36 Auch, Walter E, Jr. 3 Clare, Barbara A 5811 Evans, Richard E. 38 I Henry, Carl W. 15 Lefaiver, L. Elliott, Sr. C Milks, Louis E. 33 1 Augello, Joseph M. 11 Clark, Barbara A 23 \\, Ewaka, Paul 32 Hermesky, Edward A 2 Lehman, Lee R. 52 Miller, George B. 54 Ayoob, John J. 36 Clark, Anthony E 5'\~ Fabri7j, Larry R. 6 \ I Hershey, Linda M. 39 Leo, Joseph N. 3 Miner, John W. 2 Balliet, Burton E. 11 Clark, George E., Jr. 45 Failor, Robert B. 9 I Hettinger, Janice B. 31 Leonard, Elizabeth M. 7 MiIIer, Kenneth N. 32 Fairchild, Kenneth R. 8 Barilla, Andrew, Jr. 11 Clinton, Milo D. 44 \, J Heydt, Harry E. 56 Leonhart, Robert J. 3D Miller, Ruth E. 50. Cohick, Esther M. 9 Farley, Margaret C. 22 i Heydt, Douglas N. 23 Barkman, Jon A 16 " Lester, Guy M. 54 Miller, Shirley A 10 Barton, Jack H. 19 Cole, Jeanne M. 55 Farner, Glenn R. 9 i I Hodges, Suzanne M. 37 Lewis, Bonnie P. 22 Mills, Ruth J. 37 I! Basile, Joseph F. 7 Cole, Ronald A, St. 3D Farrara, 0" Andrew 23 l Hopkins, John J. 1I Liberace, Gerald C. 32 Minoro, Carme\l1 D. 45 Battaglia, Samuel A 53 Coleman, William M. 35 Farrell, William G. 4 ! I Horton, Murray R. 2 Lilley, June B. 27 Moise)!" AndreV:,' 56 Battaglini, Oliver E 14 , Collins, Michael J. II Feheley, David D. 48 I Howell, Donald E 41 Lindberg, Howard D. 5 Monaghan, Dennis J. 3 Beck, Ralph H. 31 Conahan, Michael T. II Feissner, Gerald L. II Huffman, Jack, Jr. 42 Liss, Henry M. 38 Moore, Nancy W. 38 Becker, MildredG. 19 Conn, Arthur P. 5 Fetzer, Donna J. 55 I Hughes, Anne R. 13 Little, Robert W. 27 Moran, Charles V. 21 Bednarz, John A 11 Conway, Leo P., Jr. 44 Fiore, Sarge 5 I Huhn, Anne V. 7 Lloyd, Betty L. 5 Moran, Joseph L. 24 Belan, Albert V. 5 Coombe, Donna J. 26 Fleming, Regis A 37 Hull, William A, Jr. 2 Lobdell, Judy C. 37 Morgan, Gloria M. 38 Bender, John A. 23 Cooney, Patrick L. 11 Flynn, Katherine G. 55 Hunsicker, J. Robert 7 Lobichusky, Suzanne M. 21 MOi'go, Stephen J. 27 Bennett, Wendell A 3D Cornish, Frances L. 16 Franzi, Lawrence J. IO Hunter, James B. 38 Long, Eugene S. 51 Morgret, Marion L. 57 Berardocco, Albert J. 32 Cowell, Matthew L., Sr. 27 Freedman, Ralph C., Jr. 5 I Hunter, Dalton E., Sr. 37 Lurwick, Elizabeth M. 21 Morrissey, Charles M. 5 Bertugli, Emil 13 Cox, James M. 42 French, Ruth E. 53 I Ingels, Bruce C. 39 Lyons, Meade G. 9 Moschetti, Michael G. 10 Bierly, Palmer K. 49 Coxe, C. Burtis 15 Frey, Elmo, Sr. 3 ! lorfido, Hugo R. 36 Maffei, Carmen J. -II Mrochko, Viola S. II Billingsley, Robert E., Sr. 28 Coyle, Catherine M. 52 Friedl, Elizabeth J. 59 lviII, William J; 5 Magaro, Samuel J. 12 Mull, Robert G. 15 Billy, John E 10 Crane, Mitchell G. 15 Fuller, Mary J. 6 Jadlowiec, Kenneth M. 48 Maguire, Howard R. 41 Mundorff, Lois J. 19 Blackburn, John R., Jr. 15 Cravotta, Angelo C. 40 Gabany, Joseph V. 35 Ii James, Dore N. 60. Mahady, Michael R. 10. Munsch, Carmelita H. 6 Blair, Lawrence 14 Crawford, Ernest M., Jr. 53 Gadzicki, Walter E, Jr. 38 (I James, Doris R. 2 Maher, Bernard J. 38 Murnagban, Francis J. 32 Bledsoe, Joseph W. 2 Cross, Mary E. 12 Galbreath, James H. 50. j! Japalucci, Donald C. IO Mallon, Gregory M. 32 Murray, John S., III 38 Bobich, George 5 Crytzer, Homer D., Jr. 33 Gant, Leon E. 50. I! Jeffers, John T. 15 Mann, James H., Jr. 10 Muscatello, Anthony E 16 Bodanza, Opal F. 23 Cullen, Michael G. 32 Garove, William lE. 5 Jewell, Kenneth G. 57 Manto, Michael J. 7 Musselman, Grant 38 Boehm, Leonard W. 5 Daihl, Donald W. 9 Garrett, James L. 2 I! Johnson, Ernest M. 10 Maragulia, Pat J. 3 Mychak, Michael E 8 Book, Gilbert R. 2 Daisher, William M. 46 Gaspari, Albert J. 23 ! Johnson, Robert P. 38 Marcincin, Stephen J. 3 Nahas, Bernadette J. 21 Borger, Glenn A. 43 Dasch, Charles A. 38 Geibel, John D. 48 Iij Johnson, Carol J. 39 Mark, Walter A 27 Nahas, James A 21 Bottino, Charles S. 32 Davis, Daniel S. 20. Geiger, Paul W. 23 ,1 Jones, Patrick T. 24 Marks, Catherine 7 Nliirn, Regis C. 5 Geiger, Robert B. 26 ! ' Joslin, Harry L. Bowen, James H. 5 Daw, Elverda J. 5 I J ~ 6 Marolt, Terry R. 10 Nakoski, Peter P., Jr. 6 Boyle, Mary G. 5 Dawes, Dean E. 29 Gessler, Joseph V, 32 I Joyce, Dennis R. 5 Marshall, Robert 11 Nesbitt, Clarence B., Jr. 32 Brady, James N. 27 Deangelis, John R. 5 Giannini, Michael P. IO II 11 Keefer, Ross M. Jr. 36 Martin, Richard L. 27 Nichols, Patsy A 6 Brahaney, Daniel T. 59 Deardorff, Harold R. 51 Gilbert, Wilbur K. 31 , ! Keener, Laura A. 23 Martin, William D. 5 Nicholson, Grant 14 Brantner, Dorothy S. 39 Del Bene, Frank, Jr. IO Gilmore, C. David 25 f I Keenhold. Dale A 43 Mascaro, Leon J. 32 Nistico, Charles G. 32 Breech, WiIliam L. 26 Deutsch, Charles A 31 G!ngrich, Betty G. 41 \! Kelleher, Daniel J. 45 Masut, Adrianne L. 3 Nocco, Louis J. 40. Brennan, Robert T. 21 Devlin, Mark B. 5 Goldstrohm. Samuel R. 33 Kelly, James M. 7 Matson, Paul 18 Nonnenman, Kenneth C. 38 Brosius, Francis P. 47 Dewey, Robert H. 32 Gombosi, John 3 I Kelly, Todd R 24 Matz, Earl H., Jr. 21 Nosko, Mary E. 28 Brown, Francis W. 35 Di Pietro, Joseph L. 32 Good, Carol 3D II Kennedy, James P. 45 Maura, Joseph J. 31 Obelenus, Barbara A. 34 Erown, Alvin H. 59 Dibble, Virginia C. 18 Graff, Robert R. 5 Kerns, Martin J. 32 Mavrich, Henry 27 O'Brien, James L. 38 11 ~ Brown, Donald C. 15 Dickson, Maurice L. 3D Greene, John B., Jr. 24 King, J. Bruce 10 May, Robert T. 49 O'Donnell, William R. 50. 7 Brown, Wade J. 8 Diehl, Lois L. IO Greenwood, James C. J Kirchner, Lewis E. 36 Mayer, Jame~ F.' 47 Oelschlager, Leroy S. 38 Brown, William L., Jr. 32 Diehl, Paul M., Jr. 19 Gregory, Earl S. II ! Klair, Ronald E. 9 Maynard, A.iben E, Jr. 38 Olzinski, Leonard C. lil Brutto, Bernard 21 DIfilippo, EUBene J., Jr. 15 Greim:r, Harold E. 2 Klepser, Frederick L. 24 Mazur, Lei;} 1. 5 Ommert, John R. 39 Breymesser, Chester H. 9 Dinunzio, Lucy A 52 Greth, Gail M. 23 II Klinedinst, Margaret L. 19 McAndrew', Mary A 45 O'Neill, Thomas J. 5 Buckingham, William A. 4 Dittert, William J., Jr. 32 Griffith, William B. 3 ! I Klinefelter, Virginia 1. 19 McCane, Joseph P. 47 Ornzi, Anne E. 7 .. l..l Burdette. William H. 31 Diulll5, Nicholas A. oJ Grigg, Stel-wood R. 3 n Burie, James R. 2 Dix, Edward H. 22 Grimm. Richard A 14 I'; 1 1 ! 85 84 f I L - '':-~ ",,-- ,->. ~ .,,.... - ~ .. -~ -- ~ - --- '~""M"'~~. ,1,. , ;1 ,I ,1:1 ... --..- Judicial District Judicial District Judicia! District n Orendorff, Richard G. 40 Sager, Arthur D. 37 Toscolani, Angelo 5 Senior ,~ Orso, Joseph E, Jr. 29 Saraceni, Robert A. 38 Tozer, Peter P. 32 District Justices Paige, George W. 32 Saxton, Robert C., Jr. 6 Trask, Eleanor 4 Palma, Joseph E. 32 Saylor, William C. 17 Trinkle, Charles J. 31 Judicial District !i Andrews, Donald Parker, Harley M. 17 Scavone, Emanuel 43 Truscello, Anthony M. 32 45 Pavlovich, Max E 47 Scharding, Anna Marie 5 Tubbs, Raymond E. lO Arnold, Everett P. 38 Peglow, Lee G. 5 Schatzman, Dennis C. 5 Tucker, Robert E. 5 {I Frasca, Domenic 5 Pekarski, Jennie I. 7 Schlemmer, Arthur L. 36 Turick, Andrew E. 14 r ; Green, Louise O. 49 I , I Knepper, Don C. Pennypacker. Delbert L. 26 Schock, Roland H. 23 Turk, Walter S. 28 I t 1 39 I 1 Levan, Richard J. Perfetti, JohI1 J. 32 Scott, Robert E. IO Vendetti, John A. 6 I I' 31 Martin, Joseph E. Peterson, M. William 38 Scott, Walla~e S. 23 Verbonitz, Edward 11 I 3 ~ l Philson, Robert M. 16 Seamans, Kenneth W. 34 Verespy, Joseph 11 I Reichenbach, Francis 12 I' ! . Piazza, Nickolas B. 26 Secola, Rinaldo J. 5 Vernon, Rick C. 14 i Salton, John H. 5 1I , Snyder, Richard C. Pieski, John E. V. 45 Sellers, Nicholas 32 Videon, David T. 32 I i 31 Pinamonti, Joseph S., Jr. 12 Semic, Steven M. 12 Vislosky. Dorothy 7 I 1 Stocker, Olive S. 5 j ; Thomas, Raymond C. Piurkowsky, Joseph P. 47 Shaeffer, Eugene W. 33 Vogle, Robert E. 46 \i I ! 5 Pohl, Kathryn L. 6 Shaffer, Robert M. 32 Wagner, Peter J. 5 t Zepp, Sherwood E 38 Pokora, Harry J. 5 Shaffer, George L. 36 Wagonseller. Wallace W. 23 I Polizzi, Michael S. 45 Shaffer, J. Robert 57 Wakefield. N. Dale 20 I Pollock, Dorothy A. 7 Shankweiler, Marybeth 31 Wallace. James G. 19 f I Pomante, Armand A. 15 Shay, William J. 47 Walters. Paul A. 19 LJ Pope, Clara 43 Sheetz, Richard A. 2 Walters. Mary A. 55 i Pressmann, Edward E 31 Shenal, Paul 14 Wanner. Stephen G. 23 Presutti, Donald H. 5 Shoemaker, Mabel 39 Watson. John C. 13 r1 j Purcell, William J. 21 Shoff, Robert A. 49 Watson. Robert L. 50 I ".' Purdue, Cswlyn H. 60 Shue, Robert 9. 12 Weaver. Donald G. 51 ! I \1 Quail, Louh; I. 27 ShuJi, Anthony A. 14 Weaver. Harold R .• Jr. 3 :\ I \ II Raible, Eugene L. 5 Shultz, Jo Ann 52 Welsh, Regis C. 5 i:1 'I ! I( , 1\ Randall, Harry E. 30 Shultz, Henry E. 23 Welsh. Susann E. 15 1 I Randolph; Eleanor K. 43 Shumaker. MaIjorie J. 43 Wenger. George L. 23 ! \1 Rathfon, William P. 12 Silva, Henry J. 32 Wescoat. Bill G. 54 ! Read, Wesley J. 46 Simon. Eugene J. 14 Wheaton, Marjory A. 34 I Reber, Charlotte E 23 Smith, Charles E Wilkins. Geraldine M. 40 f 6 I i Reber, Lester M. 21 Solomon, Joseph S. 12 Wilkinson, Mary E 2 I. i Reddinger, Wilbur L., Sr. 8 Spadaccino, Dominick C. 7 Williams, Edward R. 12 Reed, Douglas W. 5 Spadafora, Patsy F. 23 Williams, Jacob H. 5 U Reed, William W. 38 Spannuth, Mary M. 52 Williams, Louise B. 2 !n , Reedy, James W. 19 Speer, C. Mckee 10 Williams, Rick A. 58 ; I Reeser, Richard L. 2 Sperrs, James W. 38 Williams, Lioyd A. 14 J ! Regan, Bernard J. 5 Spence, J. Albert 27 Wise, Charles R. 6 I Reichel, Joseph P. 27 Sponseller,Curtis C. 19 Yanuzzi, Joseph L. 42 j Reisner, Estelle S. 30 Stahl, James E. 31 Yarnel, Eugene B. 5 Reuter, William G. 2 Stambaugh, Quentin R. 19 Yoder, John H. 48 t Rhodes, Frances 1. 37 Steigerwalt, Willard A. 56 Yohn, William D. 17 J Richards, Norman H. 21 Stine, Dwight M. 21 Yorks, Clifford H. 49 I Richeal, Milton H. Stine, Caroline C. Yurgosky, Donald A. 45 36 38 I1 Riehl, Donald O. 38 Stocklas, James E Zeaman, Daryl A. 27 J I 3 t i Ritter, Chris G. 7 Stoner, Marilyn E. 2 Zedaker, Robert L. 53 I .1 1 "I Robine, Kenneth 47 Stover, J. William 39 Zepp, John C. 51 , I I Robinso)1, Patricia A. 44 Strohm, Marlin E. 12 Zettlemoyer, John J., Jr. 31 1 Robinson, Marion J. 44 Stuck, Ronald E. 6 Zozos, George A. 12 I I ! II Rode, Donald G. 19 Stump, Kathryn L. 7 Zyra, Gary M. 5 Romig, Elizabeth A. 3 Sverchek, Joseph M. 56 II 11 1 ! Rosenberger, Colleen G. 14 Swank, Ronald W. II ' I II 1 i Rosenberger, Carroll A. 38 Swearingen, John E. 5 i J I! Rossiter, Samuel U. 6 Talerico, Frank F. 45 I I I Roush, William H. Tamber, Frank J. I I: 16 35 ~ ., J Rozum, Julia A. 47 Teagarden, Marjorie L. 27 II '..:. Rubish, Michael 14 Terrick, Richard J. 5 1 I I Rudella., Michael A. 46 Thomas, Chester D., Jr. 19 Russiano, Theodore L. 31 Thompson, Catherine E. 21 !j ~ Russo, James E. 5 "!burau, Charles R. 28 II Sabulsky, Arthur 5 TIbbs, Edward A. 5 Sachaczenski, John T. 38 Tlumac, Margaret 1. 10 II , qU 86 'C r Ii It i I } ! ,-- ~._:._._c_ ·:._ ...1;- ~ ..- ,.-.:;---:- .-~- ~: - _-::-·"";.(l'"~.::":;··":_::':':::':-··.:.:--· .- - - - .. - - .'-" .. '--~-"" .. ~-~"-- d J 87 District Court Administrators District Justice Co~rt Administrators GLOSSARY (Serving as of December 31, 1982) (Serving as of December 31. 1982) I Name County Name County " Allison, Robert Cambria Agresti, Richard D. Erie Bickford~ Lawrence C. Centre Bickford, Lawrence C. Centre Brunner, Joseph Elk Borek, Harold D. Montgomery Clarke, Jr., John A. Beaver Boyle, Alberta M. Carbon, Cremonesi, Lucy J. Dauphin Brunner; Joseph Elk Duke, Bernice I. Cumberland Clarke, Jr., John A. Beaver Forrie, Jr., Frank J. Monroe DiFrancesco, Sr., S. R. Cambria Forsythe, Willil,lm L. Northumberland Domeyer, Mark Schuylkill Adjudication: A judgment, decree or Certificate of Readiness: Written Felony: Crimes punishable by death Fultz, Alexa R'. Huntingdon Forrie, Jr., Frank J. Monroe sentence. notification that a lawyer is ready to or imprisonment of more than five Gregory, Jr., Walter W. Washington Forsythe, William L. Northumberland go to trial in a civil case. i years. The fundamental distinction t Holland, Raymond A. Lycoming Fultz, Alexa R. Huntingdon \ between felonies and misdemeanors Hostutler, Charles R. Chester Gregory, Jr., Walter W. Washinton Adversary System: The system of rests with the penalty and the power Hutchison, Carol E. Venango Gross, Charles L. Bucks I trial practice in the United States and Change of Venire: Bringing in ajury of imprisonment. In Pennsylvania, Jones, Donna M. Juniata-Perry Guthrie, Donald S. Delaware Ii~ some other countries in which each from one community to another. felonies are of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Joyner, Dennis A. Westmoreland Holland, Raymond A. Lycoming I of the opposing, or adversary, parties I degree, depending upon their Kauffman, William K. E. Bedford Hutchison, Carol E. Venango ! II has full opportunity to present and statutory designation and the length Kerkeslager, Linda C. Lebanon Johnson, Ronald E. Cumberland' II establish its arguments before the Change of Venue: Ch.'lIlge of of their term of imprisonment. Kester, H. Paul Bucks Jones, Donna M. Juniata-Perry II 11 court. place;moving the trial from one Livengood, Beatrice M. Armstrong Kauffman, William K. E. Bedford cOQlmunity to another. Marhefka, A. V. Northampton Kolbe, Lee Ann Northampton III In Forma PWlJperis: Permission given Matteson, Carl L. Tioga Livengood, Beatrice M. Armstrong " Allocatur: It is allowed. A word j by a court to a poor person, an I denoting~-he allowance of a writ or McAnany, Bette ~.~. \Butler Matteson, Carl L. Tioga I \ Citation: The document issued by ~ indigent, to proceed without liability , Metrick, Dennis L Delaware McAnany, Bette M. Butler ! \ order. ' police officer formally charging an .. i\ for court fees and costs. Mihalko, Jr., Andrew J. Luzerne McCormick, Toni A. Westmoreland i indiviaual with a summary offense. Mmer, Theodore G. Erie Mihalko, Jr., Andrew J. Luzerne I Mummert, Mary L Adams Morgan, John R. Sullivan-Wyoming I! Appellate Court: A court having Injunction: A prohibitive, equitable Murray, William J. Lackawanna Mummert, Mary L. Adams Ii jurisdiction of appeal and review; not Common The body of remedy used by a court requiring a Myers, Russell A. York Myers, Russell A. York I! a trial court. unwritten principles originally based party defendant to do or refrain from Orlando, Q. Gregory Erie Niquette, Beverly Chester I I on the usages and customs of the doing some act. Pagley, Micheline R. Lawrence Pagley, Micheline R. Lawrence j i community which were recognized Peck, Linda K. Indiana Powell, James Lackawanna A.R.D. or Accelerated Rehabilitative and enforced by the courts. Also Prutzman, Claudia Pike Prutzman, Claudia Pike Disposition: A program primarily for called "case law." Mandamus: Command issuing from Rader, Betty Ann Carbon Reighard, Michael D. Blair non-violent offenders set up by the court of law of competent jurisdiction Reedy, R. Ronald Lancaster Rodgers, Katherine Jefferson Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in requiring the performance of a Reighard, Michael D. Blair Rutter, Edward J. Lebat:19n 1972, involving the concept of Court of Record: A court that is particular duty. The action is not R'i>in, John H. Berks Rydzewski, Barbara W. Susquehanna probation supervision without .. required to keep a record of its available when the duty to be ( ';gers, Katherine Jefferson Scamell, Vincent A. Wayne conviction. Its purpose is to take proceedings. Example: Court of enforced is purely discretionary. t~ydzewski, Barbara W. Susquehanna Schuck, Richard G. Snyder offenders who have not yet made Common Pleas, Appellate Courts. Sabetti, Daniel P. Lehigh Sementa, Eleanor V. Fayette crime a way oflife and encourage On the other hand, District Justice Savitt, David N. Philadelphia Sheaffer, William A. Franklin-Fulton them to make a new start under this Courts are not courts of record. They Misdemeanor: All crimes or Scamell, Vincent A. Wayne Simpson, John S. Indiana program. Removing these first have no court stenographers, no indictable offenses not amounting to Schuck, Richard G. Snyder Smith, Margaret R. Clearfield offenders from the criminal courts record of proceedings. felonies, for which a punishment Sementa, Eleanor V. Fayette Smith, Wanda B. Greene will, in turn, make those facilities other than death is prescribed by law, Sheaffer, WiIIjaJ'l) A. Franklin-Fulton Sprecher, Jeffrey K. Berks available for the trial of habitual or such as fines or imprisonment. In Smith, Margaret R. Clearfield Sweeley, Richard K. Clinton violent criminaJ.s. De novo: Anew; afresh; a second Pennsylvania, they are divided into Smith, Wanda B. Greene Trexel, Howard H. Somerset time. i,;hree grades, in reverse order of their Spreche~Jeffrey K. Berks Trump, Frederick T. Columbia-Montour severity, For example, a Starrett, Jr., Charles H. Allegheny Watt, James G. Lehigh Assumpsit: A promise of engagement Misdemeanor 3, giving cigarettes to a Sullivan, Cornelius G. Montgomery Weaver, Thomas N. Lancaster by which one person assumes or Defendant: In criminal law the one minor, is less serious than a Sweeley, Richard K. Clinton Webster, Michael M. Mercer undertakes to do some act or pay charged with a crime. In civil law the Misdemeanor 1 for the sale of Trexel, I{oward H. Somerset Welsh, Regis C. Allegheny something to another. one that has been sued. firearms, or a Misdemeanor 2 for Trump, Frederick T. Columbia-Montour Williamson, Roger B. Dauphin carrying explosives. Webster, Michael M. Mercer Workman, David R. Schuylkill Bail: To set at liberty a person Equity: Justice administered arrested or imprisoned, on security according to fairness as contrasted being taken, for his appearance on a with the strictly formulated rules of specified day and place. common law. 88 89 lL ,11 " ~ --~ ------------ Nol Pros: "Nolle Prosequi." Fonnal Rule 1100: Supreme Court Rule of < ---,. - entry on the record by the i-.~<) Criminal Procedure which requires 'P • ~ prosecuting officer, or the plaintiff in all cases to be tried within 180 days .) a civil suit, declaring that he or she from the ruing of a complaint. will not prosecute the case further. Sptcial Courts: District Justice, , i Orphans' Court: Having probate Philadelphia Traffic and Municipal jurisdiction, relating to the proof of and Pittsburgh Magistrates Courts. wills. Stare Decisis (Sta're De-si'sis): The Peremptory Challenge: The challenge doctrine that, when a court has once which the prosecution or defense may laid down a principle of law as J use to reject a certain number of applicable to a certain set of facts, it prospective jurors without assigning will adhere to that same principle and I any reason. apply it to future cases where the ~ II facts are substantially the same. II Plaintiff: A person who brings an action; the party who complains or Substantive Law: The law dealing sues in a persC'inal action and is so with rights, duties and liabilities. I named on th~ record. Summary Offense: A minor offense Post Conviction Hearing Act that is adjudicated by a court not of (PCHA): This act establishes a record but is appealable to a court of pror.edure for providing relief from record. It is punishable by a tenn of convictions o~tained and sentences imprisonment not exceeding 90 days. imposed without due process of law. \1 Tort: A private or civil wrong or ·1 Preliminary Hearing: A hearing held injury, other than a breach of in the special courts on a felony -or contract, for which the court will misdemeanor charge to determine if provide a remedy in the fonn of an the defendant should stand trial. action for damages. Recusal: The act by which a judge Trespass: Committing an unlawful disqualifies himself in a particular act, or a lawful act in an unlawful case by reason of interest or manner, causing injury to another's prejudice. person or property. , Rule of Court: An order made by a Warrant: A writ issued by a district court having competent jurisdiction. justice or judge authorizjng a law Rules of court are either general or enforcement officer to make an special: the fonner are the regulations arrest, a seizure, or a search. by which the practice of the court is governed: the latter are special orders made in particular relief cases. .\ Ii \1 l\ \) 1\ If ljII II 90 . ~ - ~,~,~ ~ ~~-.,~. '--_." ~ ~- ~ ~ ~ r