Retirement Board v. McGovern

Decided April 23, 1934. John W. Kephart wrote the opinion for the court.

174 A. 400 · Cited 155 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Beutel v. Foreman · 288 Ill. 106
• Tranter v. Alleghency County Co. Authority · 173 A. 289
• Pecoy v. City of Chicago · 265 Ill. 78
• People Ex Rel. Drea v. Hanson · 161 N.E. 145
• Busser v. Snyder · 128 A. 80
• Orlosky v. Haskell · 155 A. 112
• Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. Snyder · 279 Pa. 234
• Pennie v. Reis · 80 Cal. 266
• Hughes v. Traeger · 264 Ill. 612
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Humphrey · 136 A. 213
• Irving Bank v. Alexander · 280 Pa. 466
• Commonwealth v. Haldeman · 135 A. 651
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Wert · 128 A. 480
• Sambor v. Hadley · 140 A. 347
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. MacElwee · 144 A. 751
• Constitutional Defense League v. Waters · 164 A. 612

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• Dombrowski v. Philadelphia · 431 Pa. 199
• Harvey v. Allegheny County Retirement Board · 392 Pa. 421
• Denbow v. Borough of Leetsdale · 729 A.2d 1113
• Commonwealth ex rel. Zimmerman v. Officers & Employees Retirement Board · 501 Pa. 293
• McKenna v. Commonwealth · 54 Pa. Commw. 338
• Geary v. Allegheny County Retirement Board · 426 Pa. 254
• White Deer Township v. Napp · 985 A.2d 745
• Newport Township v. Margalis · 532 A.2d 1263
• Denbow v. Borough of Leetsdale · 699 A.2d 838
• Ledwith v. Bankers Life Insurance · 54 N.W.2d 409
• Bellomini v. State Employees' Retirement Board · 445 A.2d 737
• Kurtz v. Pittsburgh · 31 A.2d 257
• Koehnlein v. Allegheny County Employees' Retirement System · 373 Pa. 535
• Jameson v. Pittsburgh · 381 Pa. 366
• Bellefonte Area School District v. Lipner · 81 Pa. Commw. 334
• Sanders v. Commonwealth · 86 Pa. Commw. 1
• Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties v. State System of Higher Education · 479 A.2d 962
• Altieri v. Allentown Officers' & Employees' Retirement Board · 368 Pa. 176
• Abbott v. Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP · 805 A.2d 547
• Baker v. Baltimore County, Md. · 487 F. Supp. 461
• Peterson v. Fire & Police Pension Ass'n · 759 P.2d 720
• Dismuke v. United States · 297 U.S. 167
• Warner Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · 396 Pa. 545
• Teachers' Tenure Act Cases · 197 A. 344
• Hickey v. Pittsburgh Pension Board · 378 Pa. 300

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